Dare to Spell

1. Karnival
Bahasa
Inggeris
Negeri Perlis
2023

2. Eligibilit
y
2
Primary School :
Year 4–Year 6 pupils
Secondary School :
Form 1 – Form 5 pupils
Malaysian Citizen
Individual

3. Dare to Spell
Primary School
Secondary School 3

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&
Secondary
School
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Dare to Spell
Primary & Secondary School
WORD LIST
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 CEFR EnglishVocabulary Profile;
https://www.englishprofile.org/wor
dlists
 (starting from A2 level for primary
and B2 level for secondary) and
other reading materials e.g., books
or dictionary.

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&
Secondary
School
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Dare to Spell
Primary & Secondary School
WORD LIST
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 The word list will comprise of
words that have simple words,
and then progress into more
difficult ones.
 All the words spelled by spellers
during the competition, either in
the written or oral spelling must
follow the British Standard of
English.

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&
Secondary
School
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Dare to Spell
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COMPETITION RULES
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 Participants must wear school uniform for
the competition.
 Each participant will be given a number to
represent their turn to spell during the
competition.
 Each participant is given 30 seconds to spell
out the word correctly.

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&
Secondary
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COMPETITION RULES
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 A bell will be rung as soon as the Master
Speller says out the word.The second bell
will be rung at the 30th second.
• When a participant’s number is called out by
the Master Speller, the participant must turn
on the microphone and confirm his/her
number.The Master Speller will say out the
word and the participant must spell the
word.

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&
Secondary
School
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Dare to Spell
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COMPETITION RULES
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 Each participant should say the word, spell it
and then say the word again to submit it.
However, the judges will not disqualify any
participant for failing to pronounce the word
either before or after spelling it.
 If the participant does not catch the word the
first time, he/she may ask the Master Speller
to repeat the word, “Can you please repeat
the word?” or “Please repeat.”

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&
Secondary
School
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Dare to Spell
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COMPETITION RULES
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 If the participant still does not know the word,
he/she may ask the Master Speller the meaning
of the word, “Can I have the meaning of the
word, please?” or just “Meaning, please.”
 If the participant still does not know the word,
he/she may ask the Master Speller the word in
a sentence, “Can I have the word in a sentence,
please?” or “Sentence, please.”
 All the above questions and answers must be
within the stipulated time, i.e.,30 seconds.

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&
Secondary
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Dare to Spell
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COMPETITION RULES
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 If the participant spells the word wrongly,
he/she can respell the word correctly within the
30 seconds as long as he/she does not submit
the word.
 If the spelling is correct, the Master Speller will
announce “That is correct”. If it is incorrect, the
Master Speller will announce “I am sorry, that is
incorrect.”

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&
Secondary
School
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Dare to Spell
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COMPETITION RULES
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• The first round will be the non-elimination
round.The second and the following rounds
will be elimination rounds.
• The elimination rounds will continue until
there are three spellers.

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&
Secondary
School
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Dare to Spell
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COMPETITION RULES
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 When one of the three remaining spellers
misspells a word and is out of the competition,
the following rules apply. When one speller
misspells a word and the second speller spells
the word correctly, but misspells the next word
on the list, the misspelled word will be given to
the first speller. If the first speller spells the
word correctly, and also spells the next word on
the list correctly, then he/she will become the
champion.

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&
Secondary
School
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Dare to Spell
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INFRINGMENT
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A speller will be disqualified if;
1. he/she continues to spell the word after the
time has elapsed/ the bell is heard;
2. he/she begins to spell the word but pauses
and retraces the letters differently from the
first time he/she begins to spell;
3. he/she speaks loudly or causes disturbances
while the spelling competition is in progress.

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&
Secondary
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PRIZES
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Prizes are awarded as follows: -
• Champion
• Second Prize winner
•Third Prize winner
•Two Consolation Prize winners
Trophies and certificates of achievement will be
awarded to the winners. Certificates of
participation will be awarded to all participants