Stipendium Hungariacum scholarship holders (participating in bachelor, master or one tier master programme) are required to take part in Hungarian as a foreign language and culture course in the first year of their studies, and as a compulsory obligation they have to pass the final exam after the two-semester course. The course and exam requirements have been defined centrally by the Tempus Public Foundation. The 2-semester subject is designed to help our students prepare for the final exam requirements regarding both the language and the culture aspects.
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Department of Foreign Languages
Course description
Stipendium Hungariacum scholarship holders (participating in bachelor, master or one tier master programme) are required to take part in Hungarian as a foreign language and culture course in the first year of their studies, and as a compulsory obligation they have to pass the final exam after the two-semester course. The course and exam requirements have been defined centrally by the Tempus Public Foundation. The 2-semester subject is designed to help our students prepare for the final exam requirements regarding both the language and the culture aspects.
Practical lessons theme
| week 1 | Introduction. Basic Expressions. The Hungarian alphabet. Vowel harmony. |
| week 2 | Numbers. Definite and indefinite articles. Measurements. |
| week 3 | Nationalities. Jobs. Basic adjectives. Personal Pronouns. Lenni (to be) present tense conjugation. -nak/-nek ending. |
| week 4 | Buildings, places and venues. The -ban/-ben ending. The -n/-on/-en/-ön ending. |
| week 5 | Telling the time. Days of the week, months, seasons. Van/nincs. University subjects. |
| week 6 | Revision and consolidation 1, Midterm 1. |
| week 7 | Food and drink. Fruits and vegetables. Indefinite conjugation (present tense) 1 |
| week 8 | Cooked food. Some Hungarian dishes. Ordering in a café/restaurant. Indefinite conjugation (present tense) 2. The -val/-vel ending. |
| week 9 | Revision and consolidation 2, Midterm 2. |
| week 10 | Modal verbs. Verb formation (-zik, -ozik, -ezik, -özik). The infinitive and its usage. The -ul/-ül ending. The -lak/-lek ending. |
| week 11 | Transportation. Conjugation of jönni and menni. The -ba/-be and -ra/-re endings. The -ból/-ből and -ról/-ről endings. Transportation in Budapest. |
| week 12 | Revision and consolidation 3, Midterm 3. |
| week 13 | The sights of Budapest – Presentations. Holidays in Hungary. |
| week 14 | Revision, preparation for the oral exam |
Evaluation description
Form of assessment:Weekly word tests, 3 midterm tests + written and oral exam
Type of grading:Exam grade
The final course mark is calculated as follows: 20%: active participation in class + homework + presentation, 20% word tests, 20% midterm tests, 20% written exam, 20% oral exam.