Student of S. Toraighyrov PSU has won English spelling competition “Spelling Bee”.

The contest is held in honor of the 25th anniversary of friendship and diplomatic contacts between the USA and Kazakhstan, and organized under the aegis of the "Trinity of languages" project, which aims at the fact, that Kazakhstani people have all the conditions for the study Kazakh, Russian and English languages.

In the regional competition, organized with the support of the US Embassy in Kazakhstan, was attended by students from three institutions of the region and  colleges.

In the final rounds, the participants had to correctly pronounce the words aloud without preparation, letter by letter. The competition winner is the one who more than anyone utter the words correctly.

Future biotechnologist studying in Pavlodar State University Elnur Rakhmatullin won the competition, thus received a ticket to the republican final, which will be held in March this year in Astana.

"In Kazakhstan, competitions of such format  as “Spelling bee” are only gaining popularity. However, in English-speaking countries such competitions exist for many years. I think that for people who study foreign languages such competitions stimulate interest in scientific and fine literature, expand academic vocabulary, improve general literacy and proper use of words in everyday life"- lecturer of Department of “Foreign-languages" Samal Aubakіr.