Spelling Bee Rules and Regulations

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Spelling Bee Rules and Regulations

  1. Only 20 students may participate from each school. 10 best spellers from the Junior Session (Year 5-7/Grade 5-7) and 10 best spellers from the Senior Session (Year 8-10/Grade 8-10).
  2. The competition will be held on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at SKT International College Campus, starting at 9 a.m. for the Junior Category and 12:30 p.m. for the Senior Category.
  3. The spelling list for both junior and senior categories will be available on our website from October 7, 2019 at bfi-edu.com. The first round will be from the seen list.
  4. Your English language department can submit names of participants to Bahan International Science Academy (BISA), Po Sein or SKT International College, offices by October 30, 2019.
  5. Participants must pay 2000 Kyats as registration fees and submit the registration forms before the deadline. Participants will not be admitted to the competition without (picture) ID.
  6. Participants should arrive at least 45 minutes before the start of their part of the competition.
  7. The competition has two stages, an evaluation stage and a final stage. In the evaluation stage, all the students will sit for the written format of the Spelling Bee. A random list of thirty (30) words will be read. At the speller’s request, the announcer will pronounce the word, define the word, and use the word in a sentence again. Twenty students per section will be shortlisted for the final stage.
  8. The final stage will be conducted orally in two sessions. Students will take rounds to spell words. Three words will be asked at the beginning of the oral round. Those who spell at least two of those words correctly will move on to the second round. In the second and all subsequent rounds, students will be given a single word. Student who spell the word correctly, will move on to the next round, if not, eliminated. Rounds will continue until there is a single participant remaining.
  9. Participants will be given 30 seconds to spell each word both in written round and 30 seconds in the oral round.
  10. In the oral stage, the announcer will pronounce the word. The speller may ask the announcer to repeat the word, define and to use the word in a sentence again. The announcer will grant all such requests until the judges agree the word has been pronounced reasonably clearly to the speller.
  11. In the oral round judges will disqualify any speller who fails to begin spelling a word within 15 seconds after being given the word or its definition. The timekeeper will announce that time has expired by saying ‘Time!’. If the timekeeper says ‘Time’ before the speller has started spelling a word, the speller will be disqualified.
  12. Judges’ decision is final.
  13. The top 20 contestants from each category will receive certificates of participation.
  14. There will be a GRAND FINALE for the winners and top 20 contestants on December 14, 2019 at Nay Pyi Taw. More details about the GRAND FINALE will be presented during the spelling contest on November 2.