DARE TO SPELL BRIEFING

15 JUNE 2022
2.30PM
 COMPETITION RULES
Participants must wear school uniform for the competition.
The competition will be held online via Google Meet.
Participants must be present throughout the Google Meet
session.
Each participant will be given a number to represent their turn
to spell during the competition.
Participants will need to use 2 cameras; one from the
computer to capture the front of the participants and the other
is to capture the participant’s surrounding.

Participants must always turn on their camera and sit facing

the camera during the competition. However, participants will
only turn on the microphone during his/her turn to spell to
avoid any noise disturbance.
Each participant is given 30 seconds to spell out
the word correctly.
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.
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.
EXAMPLE:
Master Speller: Your word is: MORNING
Participant: MORNING – M>O>R>N>I>N>G –
MORNING
Master Speller: That is correct.
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.”
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.”
All the above questions and answers must be within
the stipulated time, i.e., 30 seconds.
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.
EXAMPLE:
Master Speller: Your word is: MORNING
Participant:
MORNING – M>O>N>R>I>N>G – (pause) -
M>O>R>N>I>N>G – MORNING
Master Speller: That is correct.
INFRINGEMENT
A speller will be disqualified if;
he/she begins to spell the word but pauses and retraces the
letters differently from the first time he/she begins to spell;
EXAMPLE:
Master Speller: Your word is: MORNING
Participant:
MORNING – M>O>N>R>I> – (pause) - M>O>R>N>I>N>G –
MORNING
Master Speller:
I am sorry, that is incorrect.
If the participant gets disconnected after the
word is read to him/her, the participant will be
given a new word if he/she manages to reconnect.

This opportunity is only given once to each

participant per round.
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 five spellers.

No. 6 No. 8 No. 15 No. 18 No. 20 No. 21 No. 24

Correct Wrong Correct Wrong Advance Advance Advance
Wrong Wrong Advance Advance Advance Advance Advance
Correct Correct Correct Wrong Correct Correct Correct
Spellers will be eliminated during this stage when
they misspell the word in two consecutive rounds.
This stage will continue until there are two
spellers.
The following rules apply: when there are two
remaining spellers.

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.
Scene One
Speller 1 (wrong) Same word Speller 2 (Correct)
New word Champion
Speller 2 (Correct)

Scene Two Same word

Speller
New word 1 (wrong) Speller 2 (Correct)
Same word Speller 2 (wrong)
Speller 1 (correct)
New word Champion
Speller 1 (Correct)
INFRINGEMENT
A speller will be disqualified if;
he/she continues to spell the word after the time has
elapsed/ the bell is heard;
he/she speaks loudly or cause disturbance while the
spelling competition is in progress.
(You will be given a warning –then face disqualification if
you continue to do so)
❌ Refrain from muttering or speaking to yourself during
your turn
THANK YOU