文文相通·美美与共 My life journey with China

This video has been shot in Vinnytsia city, Ukraine. It represents my acquaintance with Chinese language more then 10 years ago. Learning Chinese brought new opportunities for me and led me to my dream destination China. Where I was honored to study in Zhejiang University and learnt more about Chinese culture.

After coming back to Ukraine I became an "ambassador of Chinese culture" in my hometown and I started my teaching career which I've never thought of, though. I'm delighted to teach and share my knowledge and experience with my students since my destiny is to let people travel abroad to explore China better.
Due to closed borders, "Smart Panda" became not only a school for language learning, but also a window into China and Chinese culture, the key to secret and mysterious world of unique cultural heritage.

This year we had a chance to cooperate with Jilin University and took part in winter camp "Chinese Bridge" where our students had classes conducted by Jilin University teachers. It's been a great opportunity to improve speaking skills, to make new acquaintances and friends, to enrich not only the vocabulary but also cultural and traditional background of our students. The effectiveness of this cooperation is obvious and clearly seen by each of my students and me personally, as the real-life communication is limited. We are grateful for the opportunities Jilin University and Chinese party are offering us, since nevertheless the pandemics we are developing and getting better all the time.

Hello, my name is Geleta Ganna. I'm the president of "Smart Panda" school in Ukraine. At present, I'm engaged in Chinese education in cooperation with the Confucius Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Jilin University. Thank you for watching my video.

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