Nicolas Carreau 4:02 p.m., May 19, 2022
The spelling "cracks" will compete on Thursday in the final of the Dicos d'Or 2022. The competition organized by the Voltaire Foundation and the magazine LiRE aims to transform dictation into a game for 70 students aged 11 to 16.
A reward of 1,000 euros is notably at stake for the winning teams.
During the final of the second edition of the Dicos d'Or, 70 students, from sixth to second, will compete in teams of seven. They will have to remember the exact spelling of a list of 150 words drawn up by a community. of 90 teachers.
Among these words: stratagem, cynicism, atmosphere, piorner or divulge.
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Objective: to enrich the language
The rules are simple, explains Charles-Henry de La Londe, president of the Voltaire Foundation, at the microphone of Europe 1: "One point for a good name, one point for a good definition and each team is timed. If the teams are tied, time will decide between them."
With participants who will play in multiplex from Ardèche, Indre-et-Loire, Morocco or Madagascar, it is therefore the whole French-speaking world which is concerned.
For the president, the ambition of the competition is to "discover new words to enrich your vocabulary. When you have the words to say it, it's a form of power".
And to emphasize that "the richer the vocabulary, the more we are capable of nuance, precision, convincing. A quest for (re) knowledge therefore, rather than gain, with a reward of 1,000 euros paid to the winning teams, i.e. 142 euros per head A sum that must be invested... in a cultural outing.