Hungarian Language V, VI

Hungarian Language V-VI.

– AOK-KUA255-256

The courses cover the most important terminology students need for their clinical practice during the pre-clinical and clinical modules. By covering all specialties where students have field practices in the 4th year and some specialties from the 5th year, students will acquire the language skills necessary for obtaining more practical knowledge in their practices. Apart from the terminology, the most important grammatical issues are regularly revised. All contact hours focus on speaking and communication: the language is practiced with the help of doctor-patient role-plays and authentic case presentations. Students have the possibility to practice structured patient interviews in Hungarian. The course content also covers the terminology necessary for giving instructions during the physical examination. During the semester, we also organise field-trips to various hospital departments, where the language teachers supervise the history taking activity of students from a linguistic point-of-view, so that all parties can get a more realistic picture of what students really need in this situation. The course material also contains several semi-authentic audio files of hospital-based patient interviews every semester, which provides the students with a further opportunity to practice their listening skills.

Hungarian Language V-VII courses are completed with a practical grade, while at the end of the 4th year, students take a comprehensive Final exam in Medical Hungarian. The exam includes all specialties covered in the 3rd and 4th year Hungarian classes.

Course material:

Hungarian for medical purposes, Tisza Press Nyomda, Szeged, 2023

Comments from previous semesters:

„Learning Hungarian has helped me understand patients in clinic and the satisfaction I get by knowing that I can understand a patient completely and know what problems or symptoms they have makes me very happy and thankful to my teachers of all years that helped us understand the language :)”

„we liked how the teacher was always prepared and knows what she's about to teach us, we liked the atmosphere and the good atmosphere during class. honestly one of the best classes during the whole semester”

„The course is really helpful as it prepares us for communicating with patients and benefiting from hospital practices as well as communicating in every day life”

„I feel more equipped to deal with a medical situation that may arise, with my Hungarian.”