Spring 2023 Spelling Bee Competition Information

Taipei Xinmin Private Elementary School

The academic year of 111, 2nd semester

G2 ~ G5  Spelling Bee English Spelling Competition

 

1. Objective: To improve students' English listening and spelling skills and enhance their interest in English learning.

2. Competition Date:

    (1) The preliminary round will be held by the English teacher of each class, each class can decide the date for electing the 5 contestants to participate in the school competition.

    (2) Date:  G2、G3  May 26^th , 2023 (Fri 12:15 noon.)

G4、G5  June 2^nd , 2023 (Fri 12:15 noon.)

3. The qualification for the final round candidates: 5 candidates will be selected from the preliminary round from G2 to G5.

4. Competition Place: English classroom (1) and (2) on the third floor.

 

5. Competition regulations:

I. Each participant in the spelling competition is a rotational competition, and a single word must be spelled in each round of the competition.

II. The teacher should pronounce the word correctly, and the judges should let the student finish spelling the word within 10 seconds, whether the word spelled out by the contestant is correct or not.

III. All participants sit under the stage and take turns standing in front of the stage to spell words by numbers in order. Those who do not spell the words correctly will be withdrawn from the competition.

IV. After the teacher said the word, the contestant must say the word before spelling. For example: The teacher said: bee, the contestant should say: bee, b-e-e, bee. (Within 5 seconds.)

V. The contestant can ask the teacher to say it again, but they cannot ask for other prompts.

Each contestant has only one chance to spell out the correct word.

VI. Scope of the spelling contest: According to the content published on the school website.

 

6. Scoring Criteria:

I.             The final round is based on a speaking competition.

II.            The competition will continue until the last 3 contestants left on the stage.

III.          If A and B both spell correctly, proceed to new round as normal.

IV.          If both A and B can't spell correctly, proceed to new word as normal.

V.           If either A or B spells correctly, but other competitor spells their word incorrectly- the correct speller enters 'champion round'. They only have to spell the next word correctly to be the winner. If A spell the champion word incorrectly- other competitor has the chance to return to the competition. If B can spell correctly- reset to another round of competition as normal. If B also fails to spell the word correctly, A has another turn at a champion word. 

Continue until one competitor has one a normal round, AND the champion word.

 

7. Awards: For those who perform well, the school will issue a certificate of award to encourage them.

臺北市大安區私立新民小學111學年第2學期

二~五年級 Spelling Bee英語拼字比賽辦法

一、依據︰依本校行事曆辦理。

二、目的︰培養學生英語聽力和拼字能力，增進英語學習興趣。

三、比賽日期：

    (一)初賽日期：由各班英語老師自訂日期舉行班內初選5位優勝者。

    (二)決賽日期︰二、三年級112年5月26日(星期五) 中午12時15分

四、五年級112年6月2日(星期五) 中午12時15分

四、參加決賽資格︰二~五年級每班初賽選出5名代表參賽。

五、比賽地點︰三樓英語教室(一)(二)

六、比賽規則：

  1.拼字比賽中的每一個參賽者是輪流比賽，在每一輪的比賽中必須拼一個單字。

  2.發音的老師要正確說出單字，評審老師判斷參賽者所拼出的單字是否正確，參賽者要在

    10秒內正確地拼出單字。

  3.所有參賽者坐在台下，依照順序輪流站到台前拼字。無法正確拼出單字者即退出比賽。

  4.發音的老師說出單字之後，參賽者要先說出單字再拼字。例如: 發音的老師說: bee，

    參賽者要說: bee, b-e-e, bee。(5秒內)

  5.參賽者可以要求發音的老師再說一次，如有需要參賽者可請發音老師提供一句例句，但不能要求其它的提示。

  6.每位參賽者只有一次機會拚出正確單字，請思考清楚再回答，說出即無法更改。

  7.拼字比賽範圍內容:依據學校網站上公布內容為主之單字。

七、評分標準：

  1.決賽是以口語競賽為主。

  2.比賽會一直持續不間斷，直到台上剩下3位選手，即為第一~三名。

 

3. 冠亞軍爭奪賽(當台上剩下最後2名參賽者時):

   3-1. A、B參賽者皆拼對單字時，將返回下一回合。

   3-2. A、B參賽者皆拼錯單字時，將返回下一回合。

   3-3. A參賽者如果拼對字，B參賽者也拼同一個字，如果B錯誤，A參賽者即可拼”冠軍單字”，如果A冠軍單字拼對，A即是第一名；如果A冠軍單字拼錯，將返回下一回合。

3-4. A參賽者如果拼錯字，B參賽者要拼同一個字，如果B正確，B參賽者即可拼”冠軍單字”，如果B冠軍單字拼對，B即是第一名；如果B冠軍單字拼錯，將返回下一回合。

  4.若冠亞軍賽已經進行5分鐘後仍選不出前3名，則並列第一名。

八、獎勵：表現優異者，由學校頒發獎狀以資鼓勵。

九、本辦法經校長核定後實施之，修正時亦同。