Daniyar Mustafin, a seventh-grader from the Karaganda Nazarbayev Intellectual School, became the best at the republican stage of the Spelling Bee international competition. The prize is a trip to the UK, where the student will take a one–week language course from EF Education First.

Spelling bee is an annual English spelling contest. Participants in the speed test must spell out polysyllabic English words.

This year, students from grades 7-9 participated in the competition. According to the results of all rounds, Daniyar Mustafin, a student of the 7th grade of the Karaganda Nazarbayev Intellectual School, showed the best results.

– Daniyar's very first English teachers were his brothers. Our eldest son graduated from the KTL, the middle one graduated from the IT Lyceum. Daniyar is our youngest, and the brothers often spoke English with him. From the age of 4-5, Daniyar began to show an active interest in the English language. He hadn't prepared much for this competition. I try to keep him competitive. He used to get very upset when he lost, but I always said that the main thing is the participation process itself, and there will definitely be victories," says Daniyar's mother Aynagul Mustafina.

As a prize, Daniyar was given a scholarship for a week of study from EF Education First. The course will be held in the UK at the end of July this year.

– We were offered a choice of three cities in England. We chose Bournemouth. Daniyar will live there with an English family. Meals, accommodation, and tuition are all covered by the scholarship. Visas and flights are at our expense," says Aynagul Mustafina. – This, of course, is not cheap at all, but the child should take advantage of the fruits of his victory.

In the same competition, another Karaganda resident took the prize. A tenth-grader of Nazarbayev Intellectual School, Emir Butimbayev, won a bronze medal.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/karaganda/press/news/details/977311?lang=kk