EURASIAN SPELLING BEE 2021

Dates and Venue

The Competition will be run in three rounds: preliminary round, semifinal
round and final round.

Preliminary round (National Level):

16 to 18 April 2021
Venue: At school or Online

Semifinal round (International Level):

28 to 30 May 2021
Venue: At school or Online

Final round (International Level):

24 to 25 July 2021
Location: Gdansk, Poland

Competition Category
Students from Public Schools (government-funded) and Private Schools
(majority subjects are not taught in English) are allowed to enroll according
to their school year.
Primary 1 & 2 will join Bee Level 1
Primary 3 will join Bee Level 2
Primary 4 will join Bee Level 3
Primary 5 will join Bee Level 4
Primary 6 will join Bee Level 5
Secondary 1 will join Bee Level 6
Secondary 2 will join Bee Level 7
Secondary 3 will join Bee Level 8
Secondary 4 will join Bee Level 9
Secondary 5 will join Bee Level 10
The students of lower grade can compete at higher level if they feel
prepared for the level.
Summary of the Competition Rounds
There are 3 competition rounds. Students will start with the Preliminary round
(national level). Students will compete among Malaysian students to qualify
for the semifinal round. The tests for the preliminary round will cons ist of:
Writing test, Listening test, and Oral test (Spelling).

The top 15% from the country will be invited to the semifinal round. The tests
for the semifinal round will consist of: Writing test, Listening test, and Oral test
(Spelling).

A minimum of 8 students from each level from the semifinal round will be
invited to the final round. The tests for the Final round will consist of: Writing
test, Listening test, and Oral test (Spelling).

The number of semi-finalists and finalists might increase depending on the

number of participants or equal points. The finalists will be chosen according
to the scores received in the semi-final round. Should a country does not
have any candidate qualified for the final round, ESB organisation will invite
2 candidates achieved the highest points of among others to final round.

Final round will be held in Gdansk, Poland. Three-day full-board (breakfast,

lunch, dinner) accommodation will be provided for all the candidates and
their teachers free of charge. The candidates and their teachers just need
to make their own arrangement to the Final venue.

Competition Tasks & Time Allowed

Candidates in all rounds (preliminary, semi-final and final) will be given
three tasks:
Writing
Task 1 Writing (10 minutes) :
participants read the text and identify and correct 10 misspelled word s

Task 2 Writing (5 minutes) :

- Bee Levels 1-4 – participants need to identify and correctly spell 5 words
based on a picture and scrambled up letters.

- Bee Levels 5-10 – participants need to identify and correctly spell 5 words
based on a definition and scrambled up letters.

Listening
Task 1 Listening (approximate 5 minutes) :
participants listen to a short recording, read the text and complete the
gaps with correct spelling of the words
Oral
Task 1 Oral – in the preliminary round each participant will be given only
two words to spell orally, in the semi-final round 4 words, but for the final
round the number of words will double. the spellers have total 1 minute
and 45 seconds to think and spell each word after the clear pronunciation
and all information are given. The judges and pronouncer will not
communicate with the speller during the final 30 seconds.