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BUZZ ISSUE-U:BEE ONLINE #02

In this quarterly magazine from U:Bee Online, read more about the skills that could help you achieve more, start life-long interests, lead to careers or become your new hobby! Buzz - Be the best you can be!

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along with variants, are now<br />

events,<br />

held in some other countries<br />

also<br />

DID YOU KNOW<br />

THAT<br />

LEARNING TO<br />

SPELL IS A<br />

HOBBY?!<br />

It only lasted one series on TV , but the<br />

show called The Big Spell back in 2017<br />

has started a whole new interest in<br />

spelling as a skill.<br />

Based on the Spelling Bee contests so<br />

is a spelling bee?<br />

What<br />

National Spelling bee is famous in<br />

The<br />

popular in the USA, The Big Spell saw<br />

America and draws large crowds both<br />

teams of young people compete<br />

through to the final, proving they really<br />

in person and in arenas who gather to<br />

were the best at spelling!<br />

watch the competition,<br />

A spelling bee is a competition in<br />

For many of us, the use of computers<br />

and spell check has sent our spelling<br />

which contestants are asked to spell a<br />

broad selection of words, usually with<br />

skills to the bottom of the class!<br />

a varying degree of difficulty. The<br />

concept is thought to have originated<br />

in the United States and spelling bee<br />

THE WORD<br />

"DICTIONARY" WAS<br />

INVENTED BY AN<br />

ENGLISHMAN CALLED<br />

JOHN OF GARLAND IN<br />

1220 — HE HAD<br />

WRITTEN A BOOK<br />

DICTIONARIUS TO HELP<br />

WITH LATIN "DICTION"<br />

the world.<br />

around<br />

use of the word bee has nothing to<br />

The<br />

with the insect - it is usually used<br />

do<br />

a group of people gather<br />

when<br />

to complete the same<br />

together<br />

activity.<br />

Issue Two: January 2019 / buzz@ubee.org.uk / www.ubee.org.uk / Page 19

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