School children across the UK are being invited to take part in this year’s Linguistic Olympiad. It’s a free competition of linguistics puzzles which starts in schools in February. There’s a Foundation Level for younger or less experienced pupils and an Advanced Level for the more able. 

The top 16 entrants from the Advanced level go through to Round 2 – a residential weekend language course in Edinburgh in March.  Then it gets really exciting as the four best linguists get the opportunity to represent the UK at the International Olympiad in Linguistics in the USA.

You can find out more about UKLO via their website, where there are instructions as to how to register your school for the 2011 competition.