Course descriptions for ERASMUS students
1st semester, academic year 2009/2010

Centre for Foreign Languages

Course Code  
Title: Communication in Hungarian for Beginners
Teacher: Ágnes KELLER , Centre for Foreign Languages
Contact:  
Module Aims
(minimum 210 characters)

The course is designed for beginner level. The module's aim is to teach the participants the basic communicative skills in Hungarian (mainly in speaking), especially those ones that enable them to benefit the most from staying in Hungary.

Module Subject

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1 st week
Pronunciation exercises
The Hungarian alphabet
Part One Unit 1
Giving your name, nationality and occupation
Personal pronouns
Lenni (to be)
2 nd week
Part One Unit 1
Greeting people
Ön, önök, maga, maguk, te, ti (you)
A, az (the)
Intonation
3 rd week
Part One Unit 2
Offer somebody food and drink
Accept or refuse an invitation
Verbs and tenses: the present tense
4 th week
Part One Unit 2
Expressing regret
Saying whether you like or do not like something
Vowel harmony
The -ul, -ül ending
The indefinite article (egy)
5 th week
Part One Unit 3
Ordering a meal at a restaurant
Booking a room
Standard present verbs with plural forms
Is (also, too, as well)
Pedig (but, however, and, on the other hand)
6 th week
Part One Unit 3
Asking somebody to speak more slowly
Buying some food
The Hungarian object (the -t ending)
The -ba, -be ending
7 th week
Part One Unit 4
Taking a taxi
Changing money
Expressing approval or disapproval
Nincs, nincsen (There isn't/aren't)
Megy (go)
8 th week
Part One Unit 5
Ask for and give directions
Read maps and addresses
The future tense ( lesz )
Ordinal numbers
9 th week
Part One Unit 5
Asking for help
Apologizing
Responding when somebody apologizes to you
Van (is)
Innen, onnan (from here/ there)
10 th week
Part One Unit 5
Expressing agreement
Dealing with some emergency situations
Public transport in Hungary
The -ban, -ben ending
11 th week
Part Two Unit 6
Enquiring about where someone has been
Stating if you have or have not been to a place
Word order
Intonation
12 th week
Part Two Unit 6
Giving your opinion about something
Inviting someone for a drink
Accepting or refusing such an invitation
Már and még (already, yet, before)
Ül, jön (sit, come)
Transitive and intransitive verbs
13 th week
Part Two Unit 6
Expressing surprise and uncertainty
Male and female names
Hány éves? (How old is s/he?)
Iszik (drink)
Haza (home)
14 th week
Part Two Unit 7
Talking about houses and flats
Revision

 

Number of Credits 3

Course Code  
Title: Communication in Hungarian / Upper-intermediate Level
Teacher: Edit STAVRI , Centre for Foreign Languages
Contact:  
Module Aims
(minimum 210 characters)

The course is designed for upper–intermediate level. The module's aim is to teach the participants the basic communicative skills; to understand the standard language(spoken and written) and to express their thoughts (orally or in writing) at an upper-intermediate level. Besides the vocabulary needed for everyday communication, our goal presumes the mastering of relatively complete grammatical structures.

Module Subject

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1 st week
Te sohasem pihensz?
Tamás tervei
Word order
Intonation
2 nd week
Köszönjük a meghívást
Adverb of manner
3 rd week
A vonaton.
Past Tense Indicative
Summary of the Past tense
4 th week
Mese az öreg molnárról, a fiáról és a szamarukról.
Tenses in reported speech
5 th week
A Balatonon
Directive Preverbs
Change of the meaning by preverbs
6 th week
Az orvosnál
Time Adverbs (meddig, mennyi ideig, mennyit, mennyi időt, mennyi ideje, mióta)
7 th week
Mid-term Test (grammar and vocabulary)
8 th week
Halló, mentők.
Az orvosi rendelőben
Summary of possessive constructions
9 th week
Színházba megyünk.
Miért – ért
Miért – ni
Miért – azért, mert
Miért – miatt
10 th week
A Szegedi Szabadtéri játékok
Future Tense
Future substitutes
Szokott
11 th week
Város és falu. Egy magyar falu.
Comparison
12 th week
A Margit szigeten
Tilos, nem szabad, kell, lehet.
Imperative
Indirect imperative
13 th week
Mi szeretnél lenni?
Conditional mood
14 th week
Final Test (grammar and vocabulary)

 

Number of Credits 2

Course Code  
Title:

Introduction to Hungarian Culture

Teacher: Andrea OROSZ , Centre for Foreign Languages
Contact:
Module Aims
(minimum 210 characters)
The course is designed for students arriving from various EU countries having little or no previous knowledge on Hungary and its culture. The module's aim is, a part from the language teaching, to get the participants acquainted with various topics concerning Hungarian history, culture and everyday life.

Module Subject

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  1. Hungarian customs
  2. Eating out in Hungary
  3. National and religious festivals
  4. Folk arts and traditions
  5. A brief history of Szeged
  6. Famous sights in Szeged
  7. Hungarian education and the school system
  8. The Hungarian Media
  9. Hungarian literature
  10. Health care in Hungary
  11. Political parties in Hungary
  12. The Hungarian fine arts
  13. The Hungarian theatre and films
  14. The Hungarian legal system
Number of Credits 2