The Hungarian Language and Culture Summer University in Pécs turns 25

The Hungarian Language and Culture Summer University aims to provide participants with an enjoyable and effective way to learn the Hungarian language and gain cultural experience. The programme has attracted great interest year after year, with many students returning to further develop their language skills in a varied and interactive learning environment.

More than 60 students from 23 countries, from Austria to Australia, from the USA to Venezuela, from Norway to Chile, attended the programme. The two-week summer programme offers participants the opportunity to learn Hungarian at 9 different language levels. In addition to the classroom activities, students can learn about Hungarian gastronomic traditions, take part in thematic walks, visit the film club or improve their pronunciation in the phonetics club. These clubs offer additional opportunities to practise and develop the language in an interesting and varied way.

The trainers of the course have been working together for several years. Many have been involved in the development of the curriculum, which guarantees high quality teaching and fresh, relevant material. The MagyarOK family of textbooks, written by Szilvia Szita and Katalin Pelcz, is used by the participants in the summer university, which follows the methods of model-based teaching, with a particular emphasis on the transmission of living language knowledge, natural language use and Hungarian cultural knowledge that allows for the presentation and comparison of the students' culture. The programme is organised by the International Education Centre.