More and more colloquial words, slang expressions are squeezing their way in to Queen's English. One of the most recent entries is a word that's intriguing and often used by people all over. SELFIE. Its a photo that one shoots of oneself to upload on to a social media site. Now its not just the celebrities who are doing it but common folks too are putting up their selfies. At least that's a good change from people putting up a celeb's photograph as their profile photo! Selfie is in...literally too!
Smart-Vocab Challenger is a unique platform for vocabulary and the nuances of the English language. That there are words that have multiple meanings or that their meaning change as per usage is intriguing and fun. This blog is about the play of such words and more! Smart-Vocab Challenger is also a contest that runs under the same umbrella in leading schools in India.
Sunday, 22 September 2013
Friday, 1 March 2013
Spell Vocab Challenger
Smart-Vocab Challenger is a unique contest for school students that checks the participants’ vocabulary and challenges their general language proficiency. Initiated in 2003 with fifty leading schools of Delhi and NCR, the contest has grown in stature and reach.
A unique format and process makes the Smart-Vocab Challenger an engaging contest for the participants. Stage one of the contest screens participants with a written test. The top scorers from each participating school are selected on the basis of their performance in this round. These top scorers then take on the winners from other schools within their zone in the zonal round. This round is based on a standard quiz format, each zone being a homogeneous geographical cluster. The winners of the zonal round then compete in the final round. The winner of the final round is crowned the Smart-Vocab Challenger Champion.

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