Basic Hungarian Language I, II

Basic Hungarian Language I

-AOK-P83

This Hungarian course

is for beginners who have had none or very little contact with the language. The aim of the course is to provide basic language skills to help you with very limited vocabulary in everyday communication that may also serve as a good basis for further language in the second semester of your Pre-Med Programme and learning in your graduate years at the University of Szeged. Grammar and vocabulary are selected with a communicative approach and the new grammar structures will be practised mainly in situational exercises. The general pragmatic rules of language use are taken into consideration throughout the course, making students able to communicate in a socially acceptable way even on a basic level. The course includes all four skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. The working methods applied are group and pair work in the classroom, communicative tasks and dialogues. The course ends with a five-grade practical mark.

The topics of the course

include Greetings in Hungarian, Expressions of everyday life, The Hungarian Alphabet, Pronunciation, Numbers, the articles, Introduce yourself and your friends, Calendar items, Locations and expressions with time and place adverbials, the Academic timetable, Subjects at the university, Present tense of active verbs.

The course material is mainly course-specific material assembled and created by our Department.

Grading

During the course, students have both written and oral exams. The final grade is compiled from a mid-term test result, class participation and an semester-end oral exam.

Literature:

Course material uploaded to CooSpace.

Sources:

Durst, P. 2017. Lépésenként magyarul 1. Magyar nyelvkönyv kezdőknek. MM Publications. ISBN: 9789631276800

Various free Internet pictures

Images drawn by Boma

Basic Hungarian Language II

-AOK-P84

This Hungarian course builds on the solid base built in the first semester of your Pre-Med Programme at the Faculty of Medicine. As you have successfully completed Basic Hungarian I, in the second semester you will get a glimpse at other aspects of the Hungarian language to help you with everyday communication and provide a firm basis for your Hungarian studies in your graduate years at the University of Szeged. Grammar and vocabulary are selected with a communicative approach and the new grammar structures will be practised mainly in situational exercises. The working methods applied are group and pair work in the classroom, communicative tasks and dialogues. The course ends with a five-grade practical mark.

The topics

of the course include Revision of the previous semester’s material, Locations – Where to and Where from, the Object of the sentence, Irregular verbs, With something and with someone,

Situations: restaurant, café, shopping, Daily routine and Weather.

Greetings in Hungarian, Expressions of everyday life, The Hungarian Alphabet, Pronunciation.

The course material

is mainly course-specific material assembled and created by our Department.