Year 7 Foreign Language Spelling Bee

What is it? A national language competition for Year 7 pupils 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

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.

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

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

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

www.flspellingbee.co.uk 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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