Proposal Paper for Spelling Bee Competition

PROPOSAL PAPER FOR SPELLING BEE COMPETITION

Introduction

Spelling Bees are a long-running tradition that encourages young children to develop their spelling skills and

vocabulary, as well as developing their poise for public speaking. Though the rules and regulations vary

according to the state or local area, the premise of the competition is the same as youngsters are pitted against

one another with the aim of becoming champion and perhaps going on to represent their state in the National

Spelling Bees Competition.

OBJECTIVES

1) To improve and advance the skills associated with good spelling habits.

2) To enhance students development of poise and communication under pressure.

3) To expand student vocabulary and encourage accurate word usage and pronunciation.

4) To provide an opportunity for students to meet and encourage them to involved in extracurricular

activities.

5) To select 3 participants as the school representatives at District Spelling Competition.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Patron : En. Benanta bin Salleh (Headmaster)

Chairman : En. Mohd Tassin bin Aning (Penolong Kanan Pentadbiran)

Vice Chairman : Cik Norazlinah Abdullah(The head of English Panel)

Secretary: Pn. Ruby Ronarita binti Abd Rajak

Treasurer: Haji Hasrolnizam bin Haron

Stage Preparation : En. Mohd Rawi, En. Ahmad Rijab, En. Amilur, En. Abu Bakar

P.A System : En. Faizul bin Fazli, En. Erson Mokot, Pn. Nelly Ajim, En. Ag. Tahrin

Backdrop : Pn. Noor Aini, Miss Seliah, Pn. Selly Khung

Prizes : Miss Marhana, Pn. Noor Aini, Pn. ABlin Dumat

Hall Preparation : Miss Si Tsyr Wei, Miss Morisah Dali, Miss Radiah Sabin

Discipline : En. Peter David and all teachers

Certificate : Pn. Sitti Badariah Noor, En. Riduan, En. Masa Banjir Kamunjang

Participants Preparation : En. Erson Mokot, Miss Supiah bt Abd Said, Miss Marhana, En. Muhammad Pataf

BUDGET

Medal RM 10.00

Stationeries RM 30.00

Mineral water RM 20.00

Total RM 60.00

MASTER SPELLER The master speller is the person on stage that reads the words to the spellers from the specified words list that is

to be used in the competition. The list consists of words founding books approved by English Panel, such as

Longman Dictionary. The master speller appointed is Pn Nelly Ajim.

JUDGESThe judges have ultimate control of the competition. They can correct errors as soon as they see them if they

believe the rules have been breached, or that the master speller has made errors in his pronunciation or

definition of a word. Appeals can be made from the spellers as well as their parents or teachers, but

they must be done so immediately. Appeals are handled at the end of each round and the judges' decision is

final. The judges appointed are Pn Salimang Abdullah, Pn. Nurinis @ Siti Asmah Booman, Pn. Kesumah @

Wati bt Subindin.

TIME KEEPER Only one time keeper is appointed. The time keeper needs to ring the bell twice after 90 seconds as soon as the

master speller pronounces a particular word. The time keeper appointed is Pn. Ruby Ronarita binti Abd

Rajak .

MASTER OF CEREMONY (M.C)The master of ceremony will conduct the event such as calling the speller and welcoming all the participants

and members of the floor. The M.C will begin the event and end the event. The M.C appointed is Pn. Dayang

Saadiah bt Haji Ahmad.

PARTICIPANTSAll pupils from SK. Pekan 1 Pitas are allowed to take part. They will be selected by

their English teacher. Each class can send 4 ± 5 participants and they need to wear school

uniform during the competition.

PRIZESThe champion, the first runner-up and the second runner-up will get medals, stationeries and certificates.

Consolation prizes will be given to participants who get in the 4th place and 5th place.

DATE OF EXECUTION13th April 2012 (Friday)

VENUECOMPUTER LAB OF SK PEKAN PITAS

TENTATIVE PROGRAMSK. PEKAN PITAS

SPELLING BEES 2012 13th April 2012 (Friday)

PROGRAMME EVENT LINEUPS

6.30AM : THE ARRIVAL OF HEADMISTRESS, SENIOR ASSISTANTS, TEACHERS

AND PUPILS

7.45AM : SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOLLOWED BY SABAH STATE

ANTHEM

8.50AM : PRAYER BY USTAZ SHARUL HAFIZ BIN RAMLI

9.00 AM : SPEECH FROM THE SCHOOL’S HEADMASTER

9.10 AM : THE COMPETITIONS BEGIN

SPELLING COMPETTION (LEVEL 1 – CLASSROOMS)

SPELLING BEE COMPETITION (CLASSES’ REPRESENATTIVES)

10.40 AM RECESS

RESULT FROM JUDGES

11.00 AM PRIZE GIVING CEREMONYTO THE WINNERS

11.30 AM ADJOURN

RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. Introduction1.1 The competition will be an oral spelling competition.1.2 The competition will

held in Computer Lab of SK. Pekan Pitas , at 8.30 a.m. , on the 13th April 2012 (Friday).

2. Rules of the COMPETITION.

a. All the spellers will be given a number to determine their spelling turns. The numbers will

be randomly drawn from a box/container

b. All the spellers will be seated in numerical order on a stage, facing the

audience, master speller, timekeeper and judges.

c. The official/teacher-in-charge will prepare the words, definition of the words and sample

sentences.

d. Each speller beginning with speller number one will called to the front and the master speller

will read out the words to be spelt.3. Each speller is given 60 seconds to spell the words once

the master speller has pronounced the word. A bell will be rung twice after 60 seconds

3. Spellers are strongly encourage saying the words, spelling it and then repeat it when they have

finished spelling it. However the judges will not disqualify any speller for failing to pronounce

the word either before or after spelling it.

4. By saying the word aloud before spelling it, the speller has a chance to confirm what they have

heard.

5. If the speller says the words differently from what the master speller has pronounced, the master

speller will clarify the word by repeating the word to the speller.

6. If the speller fails to complete the spelling within the 60 seconds time frame, the speller will be

disqualified / dropped from the competition.

7. The spellers are only allowed once to ask for the word to be repeated during the 60 seconds time

frame.

8. Once a speller begins spelling a word, he or she may pause and start all over from the beginning

within the time frame.

9. All the words spelled during the competition must follow the British standard of English.

Other types of spelling like the American variation will not be accepted.

10. The judges will be in control of the competition. Their decision will be final on all questions and

no objections will be entertained.

a. After spelling the word, if the spelling is correct, the judge will announce ‘CORRECT .́ If

the speller is incorrect the judge will press the buzzer and announce ‘INCORRECT´

b. If the spelling is correct, the speller will return to his/her seat.

c. If the spelling is incorrect, the speller will be dropped from the competition. The master

speller will give the correct spelling of the word and the speller will have to leave the stage.

d. The next speller is then called to the stage and given his/her word to spell.

e. Once all the spellers have had their turns, the round is over and the next round begins with

the remaining spellers.

f. This continues until only five spellers remain.

g. The last five spellers to remain will be declared the winners and will qualify to participate

at district level.

11. Official dictionary.

a. When it comes to spelling bees, nothing is more important than making sure

the spelling is proper. The official source to determine the proper spelling in spelling bee is

LONGMAN dictionary of contemporary English. All words that are used in a

spelling bee can be found in this edition of the Longman’s dictionary

EXECUTION OF SPELLING BEE AND SPELLING COMPETITION

REPORT

Spelling Bees are a long-running tradition that encourages young children to develop their

spelling skills and vocabulary, as well as developing their poise for public speaking. Though

the rules and regulations may vary according to the state or local area, the premise of the

competition is the same as youngsters are pitted against one another with the aim of

becoming champion and perhaps going on to represent their state in the National Spelling

Bees Competition. The Spelling Bee competition had been conducted successfully with 73

participations from the pupils of both level 1 and level 2. The participation from the pupils

can be said as very encouraging and successfully executed. Since the participation was too

many and feared of lack of time to do the activity, it was then decided that level 1 pupils will

be having a spelling competition instead of spelling bee competition. Therefore, only last 20

pupils will be recorded. As opposed to the proposal paper drafted earlier, this report was

made based on two activities which are the spelling competition for level 1 pupils and

Spelling bee competition for the level 2 pupils. The venues are then decided that for Spelling

bee competition in the school’s hall while the spelling competition will be conducted in the

classroom. This automatically became compulsory for the level 1 pupils since all of them

need to sit in their classrooms. In order to accommodate the changes in plan at the last few

days minutes, as decided by the organizing board members, judges for the spelling

competition are the English teacher teaching that particular class.

Spelling Bees purposes are such as :




4) To provide an opportunity for students to meet and encourage them to involved in

extracurricular activities.


EXECUTION OF PLAN

TENTATIVE PROGRAMSK. PEKAN PITAS SPELLING BEES 2012 13th April 2012 (Friday) PROGRAMME EVENT LINEUPS

6.30AM : THE ARRIVAL OF HEADMISTRESS, SENIOR ASSISTANTS, TEACHERS AND PUPILS

7.45AM : SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM FOLLOWED BY SABAH STATE ANTHEM



9.10 AM : THE COMPETITIONS BEGINSPELLING COMPETTION (LEVEL 1 – CLASSROOMS)SPELLING BEE COMPETITION (CLASSES’ REPRESENATTIVES)

10.40 AM RECESSRESULT FROM JUDGES


11.30 AM ADJOURN

LIST OF JUDGES

NO. NAME CATEGORY ADJUDICATION

OF MARKS

1 MDM NELLY CONTENT 30%

2 MISS NORAZLINAH

ABDULLAH

INTONATION AND STYLE 30%

3 EN. RIDUAN PRONUNCIATION 40%

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

RESULT

SPELLING BEE COMPETITION

NO NAME YEAR/ CLASS

1 JESSIE ANN SABRIN 6INTELEK

2 IRENE NUR DIANA 5 INTELEK

3 TOMMY JOELSON 6INTELEK

SPELLING COMPETITION

NO NAME YEAR/CLASS

1 SITI NUR AISY BINTI MOHD FUAD 3 INTELEK

2 AARON JASZ 2 INTELEK

3 MOHD KHAIRUL BIN ALI 1 INTELEK

FINANCIAL REPORT

NO PARTICULARS DEBIT

(RM)

CREDIT

(RM)

DONATION FROM TEACHERS

DONATION FROM PARENTS

PRIZES

CERTIFICATES

FOOD AND BEVERAGES

STAGE

50

67

40.00

30.00

20.00

27.00

TOTAL: 117.00

REFLECTION

In order to complete the task given as accordance to the assignment requirement, my friends

and I meet up together and discussed on the matter. At the same time, task delegations were

conducted so as to eliminate free rider. Each group member were strictly reminded to do their

part as soon as possible in order to make sure that the compiling process can be done not at

the last minute which will surely resulted in stress.

To do this task is too hard for me since I’m not computer savvy and furthermore, my English

is not that very well. Other than that, the distance between one of the group member became

a great barrier for me to complete this assignment. In order to come up with the full proposal

paper for these activities, my friends and I had to went to the one of the Pegawai Bahasa in

Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah for help. Thankfully, Puan Farhanna Aidid have a list of proposal

papers regarding activities which are often organize by them at the district level. All we have

to do was to translate it into English Language. Here, I’ve learned how to use the dictionary

and to choose the best words to form a correct and proper English. I’ve learned that, we

cannot directly translate a bahasa Malaysia words into English literally. We need to see the

meaning of the words contextually.

The competitions had been done successfully with a lot of participations from the pupils. In

retrospect, I would do several things differently. I should have reminded all respective

English language teacher to compel each class should send at least two representatives from

each years and each classes. Based on the performances shown by the pupils, it can be seen

that the pupils need to sharpen their spelling skill. This will help them in their writing.

FUTURE ACTION PLAN

In the future, hopefully this kind of competition will get more favorable response conforming

to more participation. It is hoped that students who participate in this competition on a more

sustainable prepare participants for a victory not only proved the greatness but could

indirectly increase the confidence of the students to communicate more effectively sake of

the crowd and can also enhance self-image among students.

REPORT 2

EXECUTION OF PLAN









11.30 AM ADJOURN

LIST OF JUDGES


OF MARKS


2 MISS NORAZLINAH

ABDULLAH




RESULT


NO NAME YEAR/ CLASS





NO NAME YEAR/CLASS




FINANCIAL REPORT


(RM)

CREDIT

(RM)



PRIZES

CERTIFICATES

FOOD AND BEVERAGES

STAGE

50

67

40.00

30.00

20.00

27.00

TOTAL: 117.00

REFLECTION 2

Since we are from the same school, I regarded that I don’t have to write the report myself.

We had decided to do it together. Instead of using the school’s hall, we ended using the

library after we reduced the numbers of participants, with no podium, just cringe-inducing

feedback on the P.A. system. And for the record, the spelling was a-t-r-o-c-i-o-u-s. Just three

of the first 10 contestants spelled their words correctly. At one point, a poor kid paced in

circles and clutched his crotch before misspelling beleaguered and sprinting off to the

restroom. The winner, Jessie Ann Sabrin, is a spelling superstar complete with signature

move: She air-writes each word across her palm before speaking it. her innovative, ever-

enthusiastic coach-were at the small-time competition to pay homage. These minor-league

competitions help kids as young as 6 years old work out the spelling kinks at an early age.

Spelling bees are fascinating and puzzling. The former because it is a pleasure to see young

children being successfully tutored to a point that they are able to spell the most esoteric

words which most people have never heard before and certainly few would use in either oral

or written communication. It is the limited value in learning these rarely used words that

makes the whole competition puzzling – these kids, their parents and tutors must spend

endless hours and perhaps money trying to master these words. It reminds me of the old joke

by Billy Connolly: “I don’t know why I should have to learn Algebra… I’m never likely to

go there.” But Algebra will be more likely to be useful than most of these rarely used words.

But, nonetheless, spelling bees are fun and one cannot but help admire the dedication of these

kids in getting to a point where they compete in a national competition like the Scripps

National Spelling Bee. Spelling bees are thought to have originated in the US though today

these competions are held in various countries including the UK, Australia, Mexico, India,

Canada and other countries. Although these spelling bees are pretty serious events with a lot

of tension especially for the contestants they occasionally result in some quite humorous and

unusual situations.

I have learned a lot out of this competition. I would like to thanks all my fellow teachers and

my group member in helping me to make things real.

REPORT 3

EXECUTION OF SPELLING BEE AND SPELLING COMPETITION

REPORT

Spelling Bees are a long-running tradition that encourages young children to develop their

spelling skills and vocabulary, as well as developing their poise for public speaking. Though

the rules and regulations may vary according to the state or local area, the premise of the

competition is the same as youngsters are pitted against one another with the aim of

becoming champion and perhaps going on to represent their state in the National Spelling

Bees Competition. The Spelling Bee competition had been conducted successfully with 73

participations from the pupils of both level 1 and level 2. The participation from the pupils

can be said as very encouraging and successfully executed. Since the participation was too

many and feared of lack of time to do the activity, it was then decided that level 1 pupils will

be having a spelling competition instead of spelling bee competition. Therefore, only last 20

pupils will be recorded. As opposed to the proposal paper drafted earlier, this report was

made based on two activities which are the spelling competition for level 1 pupils and

Spelling bee competition for the level 2 pupils. The venues are then decided that for Spelling

bee competition in the school’s hall while the spelling competition will be conducted in the

classroom. This automatically became compulsory for the level 1 pupils since all of them

need to sit in their classrooms. In order to accommodate the changes in plan at the last few

days minutes, as decided by the organizing board members, judges for the spelling

competition are the English teacher teaching that particular class.

Spelling Bees purposes are such as :




4) To provide an opportunity for students to meet and encourage them to involved in

extracurricular activities.


EXECUTION OF PLAN









11.30 AM ADJOURN

LIST OF JUDGES


OF MARKS


2 MISS NORAZLINAH

ABDULLAH




RESULT


NO NAME YEAR/ CLASS





NO NAME YEAR/CLASS




FINANCIAL REPORT


(RM)

CREDIT

(RM)



PRIZES

CERTIFICATES

FOOD AND BEVERAGES

STAGE

50

67

40.00

30.00

20.00

27.00

TOTAL: 117.00

REFLECTION

I have joined my friend at SK Pekan in conducting this activity since the pupils at my school

is very few and I can foresee that such activity will not have participation from them.

However from this experience I can get a lot of input and in the future I can conduct this kind

of activity in my own school.

After starting learning English seriously this year, the same kind of conversations has taken

place again and again. My progress early this year is quite amazing, but the way I deal with

multiple languages fascinates me even more. My first language is Bahasa Malaysia, and I

started learning English since primary school. With different extents of exposure to different

languages learned through different methods, I find how the brain handles the task of learning

languages, especially second languages, a topic worth exploring.

At present, I still can’t fully understand how the language learning process works in my

brain, and why my ability of learning the first languages and the seconds are different.

Linguists have posed various theories to explain their observations from related studies.

Among them, Chomsky’s theory has gained much attention. He argues that our ability to

learn a language is innate, and there is a “universal grammar” at the base of the structure of

all existing languages, which enables infants to learn whichever language they are immersed

in (1). From my personal experience and my observations of people around me, the result of

the Natural Approach is very rewarding. It is, in fact, much more effective than the

traditional, grammar focused approach of teaching.

In the city I’m from, all primary school students are required to learn English from their

primary school. My first year of English learning was a disaster. Although we didn’t really

learn grammar, we didn’t speak or listen either. I remember looking at the textbook full of

exotic combinations of letters, and write them down, five times for each word (as

homework). I had no idea about what I was learning. The sentences made no sense to me at

all.

Sometimes I do wish I could have a chance to be surrounded by native speakers so I could be

better at English, but I still feel lucky not to have to learn English like most Sungai students

do. It might sound unbelievable, but most native in Malaysia student can’t even speak like an

American first grader after graduating from college. I’ve been through all of the English

classes and tests in Malaysia, and the only thing I learned from those is – forget about

grammar, follow your instinct. My friend always said, “You need think in that language to

actually learn it well.”, and that it exactly what I find myself doing when using English.

My history of learning English began when I entered junior high school. For the next three

years, I mostly studied reading and grammar in junior high school and never studied English

outside school. I was little anxious about such English learning and my future studies, but I

wasted enormous time in the futile study of English. When I went to high school, I had no

chance to change my idea about learning English, so I studied English because my teacher

told me to do so. In the third year at high school, however, I started thinking about my future

and studying English in earnest for university entrance exams. According to the trend in the

tests I wanted to take, I mainly studied grammar and usage. Of course, I studied reading

paragraphs logically. So, I mostly read logical articles, but rarely novels.

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