SUMMER COURSE IN HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE AND CIVILIZATION
2-week-courses: 18 – 31 July 2011
4-week-courses: 18 July – 12 August 2011
Ethos and Objectives
The summer course in Hungarian Language and Civilization combines the pleasures of acquiring new
knowledge, experiencing a new culture, making new friends, and learning a new language in a happy
and relaxed environment. The program includes Hungarian as a foreign language (HFL) courses,
lectures on Hungarian culture and field trips to the most famous and popular spots in Hungary. In
Budapest our students can enjoy the colorful programs on offer in the Hungarian capital city and the
atmosphere of an exciting European metropolis; while the field trips to the countryside provide a
variety of enriching cultural experiences.
The Hungarian language lessons are combined with lectures on Hungarian history, music, folk and
fine arts, gastronomy as well as on the country's special position in Eastern Central Europe. The field
trips connected to the lectures assist in putting the theory into practice.
Students are provided with course books and useful course materials. Modern interactive teaching
methodology is supported by specialized books, dictionaries and audio-visual materials.
At the end of the course a certificate of participation is issued with a total of 10 ECTS credit points for
the 2-week course and 20 ECTS for the 4-week-course.
Levels
Students participating in the summer university program can study the Hungarian language at three
levels: basic, intermediate and advanced. The aim of the 50-100-lesson-language course at beginner
level is that students should be capable of understanding the simplest information occurring in
everyday conversations and expressing their thoughts and intentions in a similarly simple form. At
intermediate and advanced levels, after a thorough placement test assessing the students' writing
and oral skills, the courses start by systematizing their grammatical and lexical knowledge. Following
this, the courses extend the conversational topics and grammar at a more advanced level. Students
finishing the advanced course can be expected to be able to conduct a longer conversation in
Hungarian, not only about essential topics of everyday life, but also about culture, economics, politics
and contemporary problems.
Course Structure:
Total number of language class units:
2-week-courses: 50 lessons/45 minutes
4-week-courses: 100 lessons/45 minutes
Language classes run every morning between 9.00 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. from Monday to Friday with
optional extra tutorials in the afternoons 2 times a week.
Additional Lectures on Hungarian Culture: 90-minute-lectures 2 times a week in the afternoon on a
vast variety of topics such as Meeting of Cultures in Hungary, Contemporary Hungarian Society, The
Story of Budapest, Hungarian Architecture in the 20th and 21st Centuries, The Art of Film Making in
Hungary, Folk Arts and Heritage in the Carpathian Basin, Wine& Gastronomy, etc.
Cultural Programs: during the week and at week-ends organized in order to put the theory into
practice by visiting sights of our cultural heritage (Szekesfehervar, Veszprem, Eger, and Lake Balaton),
going to concerts, museums and summer festivals.
ECTS: 10/20 ECTS credit points
Important Dates
Application deadline:
30 June 2011
Arrival:
17 July 2011
Program begins:
Long week-end in
Szekesfehervar:
18 July 2011
2-week course ends:
31 July 2011
4-week course ends:
12 August 2011
29-31 July 2011
Accommodation
In Budapest on Gellért Hill offering one of the most beautiful panoramas of the city and the River
Danube, in Szekesfehervar, the royal seat of the Hungarian Kings and Queens, in KJU’s dormitory.
Meals
Full board (breakfast lunch and dinner) are provided on the premises.
Fees:
Registration fee:
Tuition fee:
2 weeks
4 weeks
60 Euro
60 Euro
500 Euro
900 Euro
(the cost of language courses, lectures,
field trips, course materials and local transportation fare are included)
Meals:
170 Euro
340 Euro
in three-bedded-rooms
145 Euro
290 Euro
in double rooms
180 Euro
360 Euro
in double rooms for one person
300 Euro
600 Euro
(three times a day)
Accommodation:
Participants may apply for scholarship to the Hungarian Scholarship Board: www.scholarship.hu
For more information please, visit www.summeruniversity.hu