People walk near the Arc de Triomphe monument, fully wrapped as part of an art installation entitled "L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped" conceived by the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, on the Champs Elysees avenue during a car-free sunday in Paris, France, September 19, 2021.Photo: Reuters

The Champs-Elysees in Paris will hold the world's biggest spelling test in June, organizers said on May 10. This unique event aims to beat a world record.

A giant classroom including school desks will be set up over 6,600 square meters (71,000 square feet) of the famous avenue leading up to the Arc de Triomphe in the French capital.

Competitors taking part in "the world's largest dictation" on June 4 will have correctly write down a passage of French text read out by the organizers.

Dictations are a mainstay of French education, celebrated by teachers as a pillar of instilling correct grammar and dreaded by schoolchildren who are forced to do them on an almost daily basis.

All eager spellers aged 10 and above can sign up on the Paris city website, and some 1,700 will be picked at random to take part.