Foreign Language Spelling Bee

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Foreign LanguageSpelling Bee
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What is it?

• A national language competition for Year 7s
• It runs in England and Wales
•  The competition has 4 stages, and the
  competitors must learn 50 words per stage in
  their chosen language, totalling to 200 words if
  they reach the national final

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How does it work?

• Each contestant learns 50 words per stage
• The contestants will be tested at the end of the
  stage with random words being called out in
  English which they are required to translate into
  the target language and then spell out each
  letter individually also in the target language.

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Stage 1 Class Competitions

• Everyone in Year 7 who studies languages can
  participate in the Stage 1 class competitions
  except for native speakers of the individual
  languages.
• In your lessons, the contestants will be given 50
  words to learn in either French, German, or
  Spanish
• Just before the end of term the contestants will
  be tested individually, and two class winners
  will move on to the next stage (deadline 19th
  December)

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Stage 2 School Competition

• All of the class winners will learn 50 more words
• They will all be tested with random words, before
  the 4 winners per school will move on to the
  regional round
• (deadline 14th February 2015)

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Stage 3 4 Regional and National

• The school winners will move on to the Regional
  final, where they will compete with the best from
  every school in your region
• The 4 winners for each language from the region
  will move on to the National final, held in
  Cambridge for the English competition.
• The national winners will be announced at the
  National final (3rd July)

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How can I practise?

• There is a useful website with fun practice games
  to test you on each of the words.
• Ask your language teachers for more information
  about the website if you get stuck

www.flspellingbee.co.uk
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• Mobile apps are available on all major phones,
  and for the iPod touch