The 1st round consisted of an online competition for which students registered at Champs21.com. After registration, they were given an ID and a password to play 'Spell Bangladesh' - an online vocabulary game where spellers spelled words correctly after listening to an audio clip. Spellers played the game as many times as they wanted until the 1st Round ended. Only their best scores from the game were taken into account. Top spellers from each division were selected for the 2nd Round.

With the top 2,000 spellers from the country, the Divisional Round kicked off on 11th March 2013. The Spelling Bee team visited each division of Bangladesh and conducted screening sessions from which the best spellers of the country were filtered out for the TV Round. All spellers of this round appeared for a written test followed by an oral test. Finally, 72 participants were left for the TV Round.

With the top 72 spellers from the country, the TV Round will kick off. The TV rounds will be directly broadcasted on Channel I and will consist of 3 rounds: Quarter Final, Semi Final and the Grand Finale. Contestants will be tested on spelling skills in a wide variety of different game formats including Spell Hive, Spell It, Spell Buzz and Spell Ring.

The country's top 6 spellers from the previous rounds will fight among themselves in the Grand Finale. The contest format will be exactly the same as the Quarter Finals and Semi Finals, but will have a higher difficulty level. The date of the Grand Finale will be shared with contestants in due time

• Read "The Daily Star" (www.thedailystar.net) on a daily basis. Every day, a few words will be taken from a specific page of The Daily Star in the Online Round of the competition (page number to be mentioned everyday on the front page of The Daily Star)
• Go through the new Spellato thoroughly, particularly the suggestion words which are bound to show up in Spelling Bee 2013. The Spellato also contains all the words used in every round of Spelling Bee 2012, which will give you a solid idea about the competition as well as good practice.
• Always remember "practice makes perfect". The more you practice, the more you’ll learn and be more confident eventually. Increase your English reading habits; this could be from English newspapers (www.thedailystar.net), novels or elsewhere. Try understanding the meaning of each word and their application to sentences.
• At the same time, set up a target of learning twenty new words every day. Get yourself the new Spellato or just a dictionary and maintain a pocket journal for learning words. Keep a specific time every day for testing your own spelling skills.
• Make a list of your commonly misspelled words. When you catch yourself spelling the same word wrong over and over, write it down somewhere. When you get a chance, look it up and put the correct spelling next to it. (Make sure you mark which is correct!)
• The only way to really learn a word is to use it. When you look up how to spell a word, write it down several times in a row, and do it again a day or two later – you’re trying to build up the motor memory of writing it correctly spelled. Write a blog, a journal, an email or anything that will keep you using words – and pay special attention as you write to the words that come up wrong using your spellchecker.
• Bear in mind that all the spellings used in Spelling Bee are in British English.

The biggest reward in this competition is the learning process and the experience. However, there will be exciting rewards for the winners of Spelling Bee as well. Let’s have a look at them.

We request the teachers to support your students and groom them accordingly for the competition. Dedicate a class hour to coach your students for Spelling Bee. We humbly request the school authorities to form a spelling club with students from class III-X. The in-school spelling club will act as a practice platform for students for the competition for this year and upcoming years. During Spelling Bee 2012, our team went and met up with many different teachers whose valuable feedback and endless support have been a motivation for us to carry out this event in Bangladesh. We would like to thank all the teachers nationwide who have dedicated their lives to educating the youth for a better tomorrow.

We would like to draw the attention of respected parents and welcome you to be a part of our initiative. We request you to support your child to the fullest. Spelling Bee is a not only a students' event but rather a family and social movement. Spelling Bee will not only improve the English skills of your child but provide an excellent platform to develop his/her leadership skills by getting ample practical exposure. We believe every child is talented and with proper guidance can be the best of the very best. We hope your child makes you and the entire nation proud!

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Watch all 30 episodes of Spelling Bee 2012 and get an understanding of the competition format and the question structure. This is an excellent way to prepare yourself for the Divisional Round and the TV Rounds!

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