The first spelling bee competition held by FLLD drew to a close at the night of November 29th. Among the 16 finalists, Hu Xiaoyu, a junior from Business English Class one won the laurel, followed by Pengxian and Zhangyawen.

This competition was initiated by Lester Paul, a foreign teacher from FLLD. He provided 2400RMB for the awards. Foreign teachers, Ryan Piche, Jeffery Woo, Robert Strugnell and Dennis Haughey acted as judges in the competition, while Cindy Nelson trained the contestants. All of them had spent great efforts on this competition, which made it a great success.

Board Member, Ms Wang Shufang, addressed the opening of the competition

Photo courtesy of Zhang Baopei

Winners and Judges

Photo courtesy of Zhang Baopei

Initiator of the competition, Lester Paul and his family

The spelling bee competition will be held every year, aiming to awake student’s passion for vocabulary learning and building a favorable atmosphere for learning English.

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(Alan Wu, FAO Assistant)