MaRRS Spelling Bee

MaRRS International Spelling Bee is the largest Spelling Bee held in Asia for school children. It is conducted by MaRRS Intellectual Services Pvt. Ltd. The assessment and learning materials for the M.I.S.B is created in association with expert faculty from the English and Foreign Language University (E.F.L.U),Hyderabad. The objective of the competition is to enhance the spelling and literary skills of children by encouraging them to explore the English language, expand their vocabulary and improve their communication and comprehension skills.^[1]

Unlike a normal Spelling Bee, the M.I.S.B has been designed as a motivational learning programme with training modules built in. The eleven rounds of the competition goes beyond just spellings and tests almost all the elements of the English Language.

Competition

The competition was started in 2003, and now close to a million students participate in the competition annually.^[2]

First International Championship

The First International Championship was conducted in Mumbai on 17 April 2007. Arjun B. Nair from Infant Jesus School, Kerala, was the first overall champion.

Second International Championship

The Second International Championship was conducted on 8 November 2009 at two venues, Delhi and Dubai. Twenty students from the Dubai Center and sixty students from the Indian Center qualified for the final round. Shivani Nirgudkar of Thakur Public School, Mumbai was adjudged the best performer of the competition.

Third International Championship

The Third International Championship was held at Nexus International School, Malaysia. Aditi D. Joshi of Manovikas School, Goa (India), was the best performer of the year.

The Fourth International Championship

The Fourth International Championship was held at Al Nahda Girls' School, Al Mushrif, Abu Dhabi. Juzer Malbari of Christ Church School, Mumbai was the best performer.

Rounds and levels

The competition begins from the school level and moves on to the First National Assessment(F.N.A), State, National and finally to the International Level. The students are divided into six categories based on their grades at school. They face written and oral rounds. The written rounds are rounds such as Dictation, Jumbled Letters, Word Application, Crossword, Idioms, and Phrasal Verbs. The oral rounds involve Spell It (students spell the words until they make a mistake), pronunciation, and finally Antonyms and Synonyms round. In 2012, two new rounds were added from the State Oral and National Written rounds onwards. The Word Origin round (oral) deals with etymology, while the Supra segmentals round (written) is divided into two — one with the marking of stress and syllables and the other with the identification of the underlined letter's pronunciation (in IPA).

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