Global Village English and Chinese Competition

Congratulations to Katherine Jessop and Savarna Chandra!

On the 10th of March, two of our Chinese students-Katherine Jessop and Savarna Chandra went to China to participate in “Global Village English and Chinese Competition”.

Students from Australia, America, Singapore, Korea and Ecuador took part in the competition. They communicated with Chinese local students and were able to experience traditional Chinese culture. They visited historical city Nanjing and Home of Silk Suzhou. In Nanjing, they got the chance to make lanterns, paint traditional operatic faces and make clay figurines. What’s more, they went to museums and were introduced to miracle ancient antiques. They were also allocated Chinese host families and visited the local schools.

In the competition, each English speaking students cooperated with a local Chinese student to compete. Katherine and Savarna introduced Melbourne and Australia in Chinese and cooperated with their buddies introducing China in English. Katherine has won the first prize and Savarna received the second prize.

They both feel excited and have fantastic experiences in China. As Katherine noted “During the trip I ate some delicious food such as dumplings and tried some new things like duck blood.” And Savarna also said: " I met so many great new friends that I hope to stay in touch with and it was so great being able to experience the unique and beautiful culture of China.”