FCH student wins Goethe-Institut German writing competition

Carolina Gouveia, German Language IV student of the Social and Cultural Communication undergraduate degree of the Faculdade de Ciências Humanas (FCH), was the winner of the writing contest launched this year by the Goethe-Institut.

The first prize was drawn among the 16 texts with the highest score, among which was also the text of another FCH student, Ana Mafalda Cabral, from the Undergraduate Degree in Applied Foreign Languages.

The competition theme for levels A1 and A2 was Tiere in der Stadt/Animals in the city.

The winning texts can be read here.

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