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More than 376 thousand people took the Geographical Dictation test in 2018, Russian Education portal informs. This number prevails last year by 100 thousand.
Russian Geographical Society organised the event for the fourth time. More than 300 spots around the world were open to complete the test. Online version was available, too.
About 250 thousand people in Russia and more than 7000 abroad took the test on site. About 120 thousand participants used online version.
Spain, South Korea, Germany, France, Italy, Israel, some Asian and African countries participated in the action. Russian natives are persons learning Russian as a second language were engaged.
As Russkiy Mir reported, participants will be offered to choose from four variants of the dictation. Two of them are worked out for Russia, another one is prepared for participants from abroad. The fourth option is tailored for taking it online. According to the organizers, they all have equal level of complexity. The dictation has two parts, each one completed with 15 questions. The test is not that complicated. Logical thinking and clever mindset are needed though to go through it. The dictation is more like quiz and an exam.
Average score is 56 for the first part and 48 for the second one.
More than 350 participants earned 100 points, which means they've completed exam without mistakes. About 800 people didn't earn even one point.
Russkiy Mir
