Weekly small-group walkthroughs resume this Tuesday, 14 May 2026, after the two-week May holiday pause. The cadence stays the same:
- Tuesday 7-8pm Beijing time (1pm London, 4am New York – sorry, North America, we are working on a second slot).
- One problem per session, drawn from the previous IOL edition where possible.
- Small group – capped at twelve students per session so everyone has a turn at the whiteboard.
- Free, but you must add the mentor on WhatsApp first so we can size the room.
The first session back is on IOL 2024 problem 2 (Tundra Yukaghir verb agreement, three text fragments). It is a good re-entry problem – moderate difficulty, no exotic script, but rewards careful tabular bookkeeping.
If you missed earlier sessions, ask the mentor for the prior recording links – they are stored on a shared drive accessible to anyone who has joined at least one live session.
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