OXON HILL, Md. – The sign outside the waiting room read: ‘Preliminaries Test, Quiet Please.’ Spellers emerged one by one, having taken the first vocabulary test in the history of the National Spelling ...

To bee, or not to bee, has now become a tougher question to answer -- even for whiz kid spellers. The Scripps National Spelling Bee has announced that it is changing the format of its annual ...

Have you ever wondered just how exceptional your vocabulary is? Well, this test will reveal all. How much are of a keen linguist are you, really? Every so often the internet likes to challenge itself ...

A spelling bee week that began with curiosity and angst over a new vocabulary test was set to end the familiar way – with bright kids spelling difficult words under the bright lights of prime-time ...

In a modern society where language should never be a barrier, why is one bound to answer the English vocabulary questions to pass the language part of the IBA admission test? There is no denying the ...

Developing good reading habits during childhood significantly benefits vocabulary in later life, according to a new study. Having analysed vocabulary test scores of 9,400 people at the ages of 10, 16 ...