General Hungarian Language Courses

ABOUT THE GENERAL HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE COURSE

Eötvös Loránd University offers Hungarian language and culture courses whole academic year, covering all levels* from complete beginner (A1) to proficiency levels (C2) described by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

General Hungarian language courses are held every semester.

Participants of the General Hungarian language courses: Student enrolled at ELTE (e.g., Erasmus students, other exchange students and guest students, and degree-seeking students) and anyone interested (e.g., other non-student expats of Budapest)

*certain level groups are launched only with the minimum number of 5 people

NOTE: This kind of language training neither does entitle one to have an invitation letter (for the visa) to come to Hungary, nor to get a residence permit for study purposes.

COURSES AVAILABLE DURING THE SEMESTER

Course Length Start date Class numbers Credits CEFR level Tuition fee*

 

Weeks

Classes

 

Days per week

Classes per day

 

 

 

General Hungarian language course I.

10-11

20-22

beginning of each semester

1

2

3 ECTS

A1, A2, B1, B2, C1*

42 000 HUF**

General Hungarian language course II.

10-11

40-44

beginning of each semester

1 or 2

4 or 2

6 ECTS

A1, A2, B1, B2, C1*

84 000 HUF**

*higher level groups are available only when min 5 participants take the course

Details good to know:

  • One class lasts 45 minutes, but there are always 1x90 or 2x90 minute blocks.
  • CEFR = Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment
  • Please read the course descriptions, select the course type that you want to follow. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the description.
  • Courses start on the third week of each semester so that students have enough time to select the time and day that suits their timetable.
  • Classes will start only with the minimum number of 5 students.

FEES

**General Hungarian Language courses I-II. are free of charge for those below:

  • Any incoming exchange students at ELTE (e.g., CEEPUS, Erasmus) if they register for the Hungarian course in Neptun. Registration will be available during the "first-come-first-served" course registration period.
  • Any guest students at ELTE if they register for the Hungarian course in Neptun. Registration will be available during the "first-come-first-served" course registration period.
  • Any students enrolled for a degree program at ELTE (including upper-year Stipendium Hungaricum students; students with the Scholarship Programme for Christian Young People; students with the Hungarian Diaspora Scholarship Programme) if they register for the Hungarian course as an elective (szabadon választható) course in Neptun. Registration will be available during the "first-come-first-served" course registration period.

Non-ELTE applicants:

In case you are none of the above (e.g., you study at a Hungarian higher education other than ELTE) or you are not a higher-education student, the following fees will apply for you:

  • General Hungarian language course I.: 42 000 HUF/semester
  • General Hungarian language course II: 84 000 HUF/semester

The course fee should be transferred until the beginning of the courses.

The bank account / transfer details will be sent via e-mail after registration.

If you are uncertain which category you belong to, please contact us: hungarian_course@elte.hu

REGISTRATION

⇒ Select the type of language course until the start of the upcoming semester.

ELTE students: Registration will be available via NEPTUN during the "first-come-first-served" course registration period at the beginning of each semester. Please do NOT register on the application form below. For you, the only valid application is via Neptun. There is no such as early bird booking or guaranteed application. It happens on a first-come-first-served basis as indicated above.

Non-ELTE applicants:

The application period is open in December 2023 for the classes staring on 26 February 2024.

Registration for autumn semester usually opens in August via an online form.
Registration for spring semester usually opens in December via an online form.

If you are a Non-ELTE applicant, the registration for 2023/24 spring semester GHL courses has been ended on  08 January 2024. Applications after the deadline cannot be accepted.

⇒ Non-students and students who registered via the application format ELTE: We will contact you regarding the timetables via email at the beginning of the semester.
The programme coordinator (hungarian_course@elte.hu) will contact you via email.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

The General Hungarian language courses are offered during the whole academic year. The 10-11-week-long courses start on the third week of both spring (mid-February) and autumn semester (mid-September), and the curriculum is developed for one or two 90-minute class(es) per week every semester. Students get 3 or 6 ECTS credits (depending on the number of the classes per week) after completing the course successfully.

The aim of the General Hungarian language courses is to improve the four basic language skills (reading, listening, speaking, and writing) by applying communicative methods, authentic learning materials, and multimedia tools.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

After application, students need to fill in a placement test (if the level is not complete beginner), and based on the test results they are placed into their groups.

During the courses, students receive regular feedbacks and they are evaluated continuously verbally and on paper as well. Each course ends with a written test. In case of a successful test, students attending the course get ECTS credits and a certificate.

LEVELS

You can find here more information about what the references / standards to Hungarian language levels are:

Level  Requirements to start the group at the exact level / Grammar and Vocabulary topics

A1.1

Complete beginner

-

A1.2 

Beginner

  • Fonetika, kiejtés (pronunciation)
  • The verb “to be” 
  • Introduction / Bemutatkozás (alapinformációk) 
  • From where? / Honnan? (Honnan jössz? - bemutatkozás) 
  • -ul/ül (Milyen nyelven beszélsz?) 
  • Hol? kérdés + ragok, névutók 
  • Basic inflection in singular (indefinite conjugation) / Határozatlan ragozás egyes számban
  • Tárgyeset - Shopping / Vásárlás 
  • To where? / hová? 
  • Basic inflection in plural (indefinite conjugation) / Határozatlan ragozás többes számban

A2.1

Elementary 1.

  • From where? / honnan? 
  • The time - Mennyi az idő? / Hány óra van? 
  • When? / Mikor? 
  • Daily routine / Napirend 
  • Home / Otthon, lakás, kollégium 
  • Travelling / Utazás 
  • Infinitive / Infinitívusz 
  • Weather / Időjárás 
  • Hobbies / Hobbik 

A2.2

Elementary 2.

  • Verbal prefixes (Directive)  / irányjelölő igekötők
  • The question How? hogyan?
  • Verbs and Modals 'akar, kell, lehet, szabad' + inf.
  • Possessive / birtoklás
  • habeo
  • Transport / közlekedés
  • At the Doctor / Orvosnál
  • School and Work / Professions / tanulás, munka, szakmák

B1.1. 

Pre-Intermediate 1.

  • habeo
  • Definite and Indefinite Conjugation / határozott ragozás
  • past tense / múlt idő felismerése (főleg egyes számban)

B1.2 

Pre-Intermediate 2.

  • birtoktöbbesítő jel  / meg-, el-
  • Past Tense / múlt idő
  • Restaurant / étterem
  • In the city / a városban
  • Free time activities: tours, cinema, theatre
  • Storytelling / történetmesélés,
  • Writing CV

B2.1.

Intermediate

  • formal/informal addressing vous vs. tu  /  maga,
  • Pronouns / egymás
  • Comparatives / fokozás, összehasonlítás
  • Relative clauses / vonatkozó névmás, von. mellékmondat
  • The Imperative / felszólító mód
  • The Conditionals / feltételes mód
  • Infinitive conjunction / főnévi igenév személyragozása
  • Participles / melléknévi igenév
  • személyes névmások ragozott alakjai

B2.2.

Upper-Intermediate

  • Reported Speech / függő beszéd
  • felszólító mód funkciói
  • feltételes funkciók
  • alá- és mellérendelő összetett mondatok

C

advanced

  • bővített igeneves szerkezetek
  • műveltetés
  • határozói igenév

Timetable 2023/24/1

GHL , 2023/2024/1 semester, (courses will start on 18 September)

level

subject code

course code

venue

number of classes per week

time

instructor

B2.2

BXI-HUNLANG-INTD-8

1

online (Ms Teams)

2x90

Monday 11:00-12:30 Wednesday 11:00-12:30

Sass Gábor

B1.1

BXI-HUNLANG-INTD-5

2

online (Ms Teams)

2x90

Monday 15:00-16:30 Wednesday 15:00-16:30

Sass Gábor

B1.2

BXI-HUNLANG-INTD-6

3

online (Ms Teams)

2x90

Tuesday  11:00-12:30

Thursday 11:00-12:30

Sass Gábor

B1.1

BXI-HUNLANG-INT-5

4

online (Ms Teams)

1x90

Tuesday 15:00-16:30

Sass Gábor

A2.1

BXI-HUNLANG-INT-3

5

room will be given later

1x90

Tuesday 10:00-11:30

Szabó Katalin

A2.2

BXI-HUNLANG-INT-4

6

Trefort Campus (Astoria) D building, 1st floor, 114/a

1x90

Monday 17:30-19:00

Kajdi Alexandra

A1.1

BXI-HUNLANG-INT-1

7

Trefort Campus (Astoria) I building, basement -106

1x90

Monday 15:45-17:15

Mélypataky Ágnes

A1.1

BXI-HUNLANG-INT-1

8

Trefort Campus (Astoria) I building, basement -106

1x90

Wednesday 15:45-17:15

Mélypataky Ágnes

A1.1

BXI-HUNLANG-INT-1

9

Trefort Campus (Astoria) I building, - 106

1x90

Wednesday 14:00-15:30

Mélypataky Ágnes

A1.1

BXI-HUNLANG-INT-1

10

Trefort Campus (Astoria) D building, 1st floor, 114/a

1x90

Thursday 14:45-16:15

Mélypataky Ágnes

A1.1

BXI-HUNLANG-INT-1

11

 Trefort Campus (Astoria) D building, 1st floor, 114/a

1x90

Thursday  16:30-18:00

Mélypataky Ágnes

A1.2 BXI-HUNLANG-INT-2 12  Trefort Campus (Astoria) F building, 114 1x90 Wednesday 10:00-11:30

Kiss Enikő

A2.1

BXI-HUNLANG-INT-3 13 online (Ms Teams) 1x90 Thursday  15:00-16:30 Sass Gábor
A1.1 BXI-HUNLANG-INT-1 14 room will be given later 1x90 Wednesday 10:00-11:30 Kajdi Alexandra
A1.1 BXI-HUNLANG-INT-1 15 Trefort Campus (Astoria) I building, basement - 106 1x90 Wednesday 17:30-19:00 Papp Csongor

PAYMENT INFORMATION

PAYMENT

After the application is closed, all applicants will be registered in the university study system, called Neptun. All registered students will receive their unique Neptun ID code from the course coordinator. The payment happens also via Neptun system.

Please do the payment only when you received your Neptun ID and further instructions. Without the Neptun ID, the university will not be able to identify your payment.

THE BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS OF THE UNIVERSITY: 

IBAN Bank Account: HU22 1003 2000 0142 6201 0112 0008
Hungarian Bank Account number: 10032000-01426201-01120008
SWIFT: MANEHUHB
BIC: HUSTHUHB
Name of the University: EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY
Address: 1053 Budapest, Egyetem tér 1–3.
Name of the Bank: Hungarian State Treasury Ltd. (Magyar Államkincstár)
Address of the Bank: 1139 Budapest, Váci út 71.

The above bank address cannot be visited, but is merely the address of recipient at the time of making the financial transaction. To pay for the tuition fee, please visit your own bank.

Messages ("Közlemény" in Hungarian): 

  • NK-your Neptun ID code e.g. NK-ABC123 (If you have not received the Neptun ID yet, please wait for further instructions before payment!)

NOTE: These details are always important, especially when somebody else transfers for you. If you miss to give the Neptun ID, it might take several weeks for us to be able to identify your transfer, and you will not be able to start the class.

Course Length Start date Class numbers Credits CEFR level Tuition fee*

 

Weeks

Classes

 

Days per week

Classes per day

 

 

 

General Hungarian language course I.

10-11

20-22

beginning of each semester

1

2

3 ECTS

A1, A2, B1, B2, C1

42 000 HUF

General Hungarian language course II.

10-11

40-44

beginning of each semester

1 or 2

4 or 2

6 ECTS

A1, A2, B1, B2, C1

84 000 HUF


REFUND

Applicants are entitled to a 95% refund of the course fee (5% is non-refundable transfer cost) until the language course starts.
Applicants are entitled to a 90% refund of the course fee (10% is non-refundable) until 15 March.
To request the refund, applicants are required to send an email with the subject line “Request for refund” to the email address hungarian_course@elte.hu and declare it in the email that they do not come to participate in the language course.


2022.06.20.