BBC Learning English welcomes Sun Hai Ning from Nanjing to London this week.

People are very polite - 'excuse me' and 'thank you' everywhere. Shop owners are very polite. Sun Hai Ning's first impressions of London

She is the lucky winner of a BBC Learning English writing and speaking competition which took place in conjunction with Nanjing Music Radio in March this year.


Sun Hai Ning is studying broadcasting and journalism at Nanjing University and her competition prize is to spend two weeks in London. She'll be studying English every afternoon at St. Giles College and she is taking part in the BBC Learning English partner radio programme with Radio Beijing 774.


She is staying with a host family and she will of course be experiencing British life and speaking English while she is here. And she'll be trying to visit some of the many sights around London.

There are very strict rules in London, like you have to stand on the right on the stairs on the Tube. Sun Hai Ning's first impressions of London

BBC Learning English will follow her during her stay and you can discover how she is finding the UK and what she is doing right here on this web page. So don't forget to visit this page often to find out more.