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 movies
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.
How to write a CV that is noticed
A practical session on how to write an effective CV in English that gets you noticed.
Languages in Contact
Languages may come into direct or indirect contact with each other; it would certainly be difficult to find completely isolated languages or language varieties in the world. Hungarian and English may come into direct contact in countries where English is the dominant language and Hungarian communities live there. The Hungarian language in Hungary may be […]
Multiculturalism in Australia
The lecture covers the most important aspects of Australia’s multicultural policies, which evolved from the need to address issues raised by the arrival in Australia of large numbers of migrants, many whose first language was not English. Among the most profound changes in Australia over the past century has been the evolution in public policy […]
Terra Australis Incognita
The lecture introduces students to the history of Australia from her discovery to the present. It includes the following topics: indigenous people of Australia; arrival of convicts and settlers; contemporary Australia; symbols and the unique flora and fauna of the island continent. Recommended for elementary students (class 7-8.) and secondary students.
The Myth of the Founding Fathers
The „Founding Fathers” is a political myth of American national origin–but how can we (re)define this exclusive and sometimes elusive group of towering individuals? Recommended for secondary students.