Does it make sense to know German sentence parts in language learning?
The lecture will show why it is important to know the free and obligatory extensions in German sentences, and why it is good to know what is considered a minimum sentence in a sentence. It also shows what the knowledge of the infinitive has to do with all this. The lecture is aimed at secondary school students and people over 18.
CIA and other databases online
How can we learn about the history of our immediate and wider environment, using databases freely available on the internet? In this interactive presentation, anyone can try out what and how to access information about our past in English and Hungarian. It can also be adapted for learning about the local history of different municipalities. The lecture is recommended for secondary school students.
German, Past and Present
The lecture will focus on the role of the German language in Hungary in the past and today. We will examine the significance and spread of German in monarchical Hungary, including its impact on the Hungarian language. The changes in Germanic education in the past decades and the present situation and future prospects of German in Hungary will be discussed. The lecture is aimed at secondary school students and those over 18 years of [...]
Everything you wanted to know about childhood bilingualism…
The presentation will explain the possibilities, ways and process of becoming multilingual. It will highlight the linguistic features that come naturally with learning several languages at the same time, highlight the cognitive benefits and try to dispel existing fears and myths about the subject. It helps parents and grandparents to manage their child's language development. The presentation is aimed at adults. For students, parents, grandparents.
British and American varieties of English
‘Autumn’ or ‘fall’? ‘Colour’ or ‘color’? ‘I have’ or ‘I have got’? What are the differences and similarities between the two major varieties of English? Which one do YOU prefer? Recommended for secondary school students.
The bilingual brain – visual word recognition of Hungarian-English bilinguals
Word recognition includes all mental activity from the perception of the word to the identification of its lexical representation that is available in the mental lexicon. With an electrophysiological (EEG) study the ‘what’, ‘when’, ‘where’, and ‘how’ can be revealed in visual word recognition. In lexical decision tasks, letter strings are presented and participants decide [...]
Misheard lyrics
I'm farting carrots...Kicking your cat all over the place...Here we are now, in containers...Kick your teeth out...It doesn't matter if we're naked or not - these are just a few of the thousands of cases when people misheard or misunderstood the lyrics to a song. Has it also happened to you either in English or [...]
Myths and half-truths about language
What languages have the largest number of native speakers? Where would you find Hungarian in the ranking of the ~5000 languages of the world? Do languages become worse with time and why do languages change anyway? In this talk, we are going to discuss some of the most interesting myths and half-truths about natural languages? [...]
Accents in American films
How do the different characters speak in Star Wars, in Lord of the Rings, in Game of Thrones or in action movies? Which accents are associated with what kinds of characters? In this talk, you may learn about the connections between the popular cultural aspects of the study of accents and dialects of English. Recommended [...]
Snapshots of Canada
A short introduction to the second largest country on Earth by a Canadianist. Recommended for elementary students (class 7-8.) and secondary students with A2-C1 language skills.