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Spelling Bee
Spelling
bees or competitions are very
popular in the USA. Young people
take part in local and regional
tournaments to qualify for the
national championship.
Fourteen
year-old Anamika Veeramani
defeated 249 other competitors to
win the 83rd Scripps National
Spelling Bee in June 2010. This is
an edited extract from an
interview given to the BBC for the
Americana radio series - full
version here.
Listen to this extract. Did Anamika win
the competition at her first attempt?
Listen
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to
listen again and answer more
questions about this
interview