Spanish-Language Spelling Bees Catch On Around the U.S.

The nation’s best spellers—en Español—will go head-to-head later this month in Albuquerque, N.M., to battle for the national championship title in the Concurso Nacional de Deletreo en Español, or the National Spanish Spelling Bee.

Andres Arreola, the 2014 National Spanish Spelling Bee champion, plays video games as his mother, Silvia Rios, reads words for him to spell earlier this month at his home in Sunland Park, N.M. Arreola will defend his title at the 2015 National Spanish Spelling Bee competition in mid-July.

Following on the heels of the wildly popular, ESPN-broadcast Scripps National Spelling Bee—which had co-champions for the second straight year—the fifth annual National Spanish Spelling Bee this year will feature a mix of young spellers, including some native Spanish speakers and several who are not.

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