By Olivia Miwil
Pictures by Izhari Ariffin.
KOTA KINABALU:The RHB New Straits Times
Spell-It-Right (SIR) challenge saw 715 students participating in the state-level
preliminary round here yesterday.
Those pupils, from 28 primary and secondary
schools, turned up as early as 8am at Universiti
Malaysia Sabah.
Former SIR state-level champion Cristable Ndzi
from SK St Francis Convent (M) said the 35-minute written test was easier than last year.
“However, I was only confident of getting 20 out of 30 words correct. I prepared by searching for difficult words on the internet,” she added.
Cristable’s elder sister Daniella, who made to the final round of the state-level SIR challenge last year,said began reading more books and online news.
“Reading classic books including Pride and Prejudice by
Jane Austen, was a good way to improve my vocabulary.
“Occasionally, I played scrabble with my
sister or online, which was both educational and fun,” said the form five student
from SM St Michael, Penampang.
First timer John Hejnowski, 16, from SM La
Salle in Tanjung Aru said the written test was a good way to improve his vocabulary.
“The first 20 words, with between
one and four syllables, were easier or could be guessed.
“But not the words with more than four
syllables such as ‘irredeemable’ and ‘susceptibility’,” he elaborated.
The top 100 in the preliminary round will
advance to state challenge scheduled to be in August.
State-level champions for the primary and secondary
school category will represent own state to compete in the national challenge
in October.
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