Number 1 in the world for Spanish

St Paul’s Collegiate School student Conor Fuller placed first in the world for Spanish in the Language Perfect World Championships while fellow student, Mirjan Mayer placed top in New Zealand for German.

The competition attracted 330,000 students this year from more than 25 countries.

St Paul’s Head of Languages Robert Aldridge said students are tested on their language skills including reading, writing, listening, dictation, grammar and cultural knowledge.

“Students gain points by answering as many questions correctly as possible and as they reach certain thresholds certificates are awarded,” he said.

St Paul’s students who are learning Spanish or French enter the competition.

Other outstanding results from St Paul’s students

• Conor Fuller, Mirjam Mayer, Kathie Hastie, Fizzi Whale and Aash Kansal – elite award, more than 10,000 points, top 0.2%
• Kamsan Govender, Anuradha Jogia, Jack Walters and Alex Zhong – gold award, more than 3000 points, top 2%
• Zac Campbell, Li Kun Cao, Phoebe Thompson – bronze award, more than 1000 points, top 10%
• Aaron Taylor – silver award, more than 2000 points, top 5%
• Chris Skinner and Andrew Yip – credit award, more than 500 points, top 20%.