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11/02/2013

Dear Parent,

Sub: MaRRS International Spelling Bee- Emirates Level Championship.

May we introduce ourselves as the organisers of the MaRRS International Spelling

Bee, the leading Spelling Bee in Asia.

The MaRRS International Spelling Bee goes beyond an ordinary spellingcompetition and is currently the largest self-motivated English Learning

Programme for school children. It helps students to improve their communicative

skills and comprehension levels in English. Participating in the competition

encourages children to enhance their vocabulary, learn to apply the words they

have acquired and also correct their pronunciation. The students go through the

various rounds that assess their spelling, pronunciation and word usage skills.

Being a self-motivated programme, the students learn on their own, without being

compelled to excel.

The competition begins at the School Level and then progresses to the

International Level through the Inter School, State and National championship.

The students should succeed in each level in order to be eligible to participate in

the next level. These levels vary a bit depending on the country.

The MaRRS International Spelling Bee is currently the largest English Spelling

Competition in the world in terms of Scope and Participation. It is conducted intwenty two states in India and also UAE, Kuwait and Malaysia.

Students from Class1 to Class 12 participate in the competition in six different

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The rounds of the competition, which helps to improve all the faculties of the

English language, have been formulated with the advice and support of the expertfaculty of English and Foreign Language University, Hyderabad.

The MISB has also incorporated orientation programmes for the participants

before every level of the competition. The contents of this training programme

have also been developed with the help of faculty from EFLU. These trainings

help the participants to get an exposure to the various faculties of English, which

does not fall under the normal education curriculum in any country.

As the famous dictum says, Language is always caught and never taught. The

objective here is to expose children to the nuances of English during the formative

years, so that they can improve their language. MISB goes beyond just assessment

to development and from theoretical to functional.

Dr. Jayaraju, Department of Phonetics and Spoken English is the permanent

advisor of the MaRRS International Spelling Bee. This ensures regular updation

and quality of the event.

The pictures provided in the following link would give you an overview of the

magnitude of the National Championship of the MaRRS International Spelling

Bee being held in India.

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You can also see photographs of the International finals of the MaRRS

International Spelling Bee at:

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The MISB is more than ten years old and is delivered across various territories

through the associates of MaRRS, who are given the necessary inputs, training andsupport to deliver the event with required quality.

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The competition is administered through the website marrsspellingbee.com. There

is also separate website for UAE marrsspellingbee.ae.

Beyond the school level competition, all the qualifiers to next level of competition

- in the case of UAE, Emirates Level - are awarded a unique Candidate

Identification Number (CIN). The candidates register online on the website

marrsspellingbee.ae to confirm their participation in the Emirates Level

Championship. Once they register, the candidates get access to free learning

materials which help them to prepare for the competition. MaRRS also conducts

orientation programmes to train the participants before the competition. All theseprocesses are important as the objective of the MaRRS International Spelling Bee

is effectual and potent learning.

Every level of the competition has two sections- written and oral. The written

rounds are conducted first and based on the score of this round students qualify to

participate in the oral rounds. Winners are declared based on the cumulative score

of the written and oral rounds of each level. All those who qualify to participate in

the oral rounds of one level can also partake in the written rounds of the next level.The written round and oral rounds are conducted on two different dates. This is

because, as you would agree, the answer sheets need to be evaluated with patience

and care. Once the evaluation of the written round is over, we announce the list of

qualifiers for the oral rounds. The written prelims of the next level are also

conducted along with oral rounds.

The MaRRS International Spelling Bee is being planned and conducted with

extreme care so as to ensure fairness, quality and learning at all levels. Sufficientspacing is provided at all levels to encourage learning.

Royal Language Institute, Abu Dhabi, our associate for conducting the MaRRS

International Spelling Bee in UAE has been conducting the MaRRS international

Spelling bee in schools in UAE. The Institute has informed us that the

competitions at the schools are over and they intend to conduct the Emirates Level

on the 16th of February. But as pointed out earlier, to ensure international

uniformity, the qualifiers are to be provided with CIN. The candidates also need toregister to get the learning materials. Orientation programmes are also required to

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be conducted before the competition. All these are critical because, only enhanced

performance will carry the participants up to the international level and provide

them with the opportunity to win the International title. It is only fair that all thequalifiers from UAE are given the same opportunities as in any other country. The

competition also needs to be conducted as per the pattern set by MaRRS in

association with the faculty from EFLU.

The procedure has to start with the generation of CIN. This can be initiated only

once we receive the database of qualifiers. Royal Language Institute has assured

us that they will be sending the complete database latest by 13th of February.

MaRRS will be providing CIN to all qualifiers immediately on receipt of thisdatabase. The registration process will also be conducted simultaneously. All the

registered participants will get access to online learning materials. As the

participants will also need time to prepare for the competition, the Emirates Level

cannot be conducted on the 16th of February. As in other parts of the world,

MaRRS will be organising the first part of the Emirates level - the written round-

on a convenient date to be announced shortly. This will be in the month of April

after the exams when the school reopens. The official date for the Emirates

Championship will be announced on the website marrsspellingbee.ae. In thiscontext we also need to inform you that the International Championship for these

qualifiers would be either in the month of February 2014 or June 2015 depending

on the progress of the competition in all the participating countries. This shift in

dates would provide the participants with adequate time for learning.

We wish to affirm that the Emirates Level of the MaRRS International Spelling

Bee would not be conducted in UAE on the 16th of February but on the dates to

be announced by MaRRS officially on the website marrsspellingbee.ae. Anycompetition, if conducted by anybody else will not be a part of the MaRRS

International Spelling Bee and any certificate or award issued by any third party

will not have the credentials of the MaRRS International Spelling Bee.

In this context we also wish to inform you that the Royal Language Institute has

also communicated their consent to the rescheduling of the Emirates

Championship of the MaRRS International Spelling Bee to facilitate deserving

opportunities to the participants. Royal language institute will not be conductingthe Spelling Competition on the 16th of February or any other date other than the

date to be announced officially by MaRRS on the website marrsspellingbee.ae.

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Hence you are requested not to be misled by any communication propagating any

such arrangements.

On receipt of the database, MaRRS will also arrange to deliver certificates and

related documents to the participants of the school level competition.

We wish to restate that the entire exercise to reschedule the Championship is only

to ensure the required parity, quality and opportunity to all the participants of a

reputed competition like MaRRS International Spelling Bee.

May we also thank you for all the support provided for the conduct of the MaRRS

International Spelling Bee. We would now solicit your support in this effort of

ours to provide parity and quality opportunity to the participants of the MaRRS

International Spelling Bee in UAE.

Please feel free to contact us for any further clarification on the above.

Thank youYours sincerely

MaRRS Intellectual Services (P) Ltd.

P.Suresh Kumar.


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