Registration for AILO 2024/2025
Registration for AILO 2024/5 is now open. It is open to all secondary schools students on the island. Sign up so you can access free workshops around the country from September to December and receive monthly sample puzzles. The preliminary round of AILO takes place in your own school in January and the final will place in Dublin in March. This year students will compete to represent Ireland at the International Linguistics Olympiad in Taipei, Taiwan in July 2025. You can read the AILO Brochure 2024 Web for more details.
About AILO
AILO challenges secondary school students to test their minds against the world’s
most fascinating problems in logic, language and linguistics. New training materials and the
brochure have been produced thanks to funding from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts,
Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Cooperation with Northern Ireland scheme. AILO selects the
Irish team for the International Linguistics Olympiad which will be held in Taipei, Taiwan in July 2025. Students may only take part in one national linguistics olympiad in a calendar year.
Linguistics Module
AILO also has a free linguistics Transition Year (TY) module. The module, funded by Post-Primary
Languages Ireland (PPLI) in 2022 and designed by ADAPT researchers, AILO and AILO teachers, is
designed as teacher-led online resources, hosted on https://ailo.adaptcentre.ie/tylinguisticsmodule/.
The module introduces areas such as sociolinguistics and syntax and links to a related AILO puzzle. To
register your interest in the module and be eligible for participation certificates, please go to
https://ailo.adaptcentre.ie/tylinguisticsmodule/. Please note, all secondary school students and
teachers may use these materials in their classes.
Timeline
Sept – Dec 2024: Sample puzzles available at https://ailo.adaptcentre.ie/puzzles/
September 2024: Free Linguistics Module https://ailo.adaptcentre.ie/ty-linguistics-module/
Nov – Dec 2024: Free workshops in schools in locations around the island and online
17th Jan 2025: Registration closes
Week 21st Jan 2025: Preliminary Round takes place in your own school via online submission form
March 2025: Top 100 qualify for National Final in Dublin City University
July 2025: Top four represent Ireland at the International Olympiad in Taipei, Taiwan
