Bilingual bee: Spelling is so fun they do it twice – asked to spell words in Spanish, including the accent marks. They then had to translate the word and spell it in English. – Houston From: chron.com
Tagged: bilingual, Houston, Mexico, student, TexasPosted on: June 2nd, 2008
It had all the lip-biting drama of a traditional spelling bee, but with a major dose of español.
As if spelling obscure, multisyllabic words in a single language wasn’t difficult enough, 25 students from schools in Houston and Mexico competed Saturday in a bilingual spelling bee.
That’s right: English and Spanish.”*
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