Hungarian Language Courses

Hungarian is one of the official languages of the European Union and is spoken predominantly in Hungary, but also spoken by Hungarian communities in a number of neighbouring countries. It is a part of the Uralic language family, like Finnish and Estonian, and it is most closely related to Mansi and Khanty. In Hungarian itself, the name of the language is Magyar, which is sometimes used in English as well in reference to the language or to the Hungarian ethnicity.

Hungarian is spoken in:

• Austria
• Romania
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Ukraine

Many professionals in companies across the UK, as well as private individuals, have benefited from a Hungarian Language Course with SIMON & SIMON. We have a terrific team of qualified native-speaker Hungarian teachers, and with an average of 15 years’ experience they will ensure you benefit from a course designed specifically around your needs, whether you are a complete beginner or an advanced learner with more specialised requirements.

We consistently receive excellent feedback on our Hungarian tutors from our clients, and we send our students a profile on their Hungarian tutor prior to their Hungarian lessons commencing, with information on the tutor’s background and experience.

If you have only studied languages before at school you will find that teaching approaches to modern language training have changed enormously in recent years – it’s now a lot more fun and a far more rewarding experience!

Your teacher will conduct your Hungarian lesson almost entirely in Hungarian – a method known as the Communicative Approach – and you will find yourself making progress from the very first lesson and soon growing in the confidence to communicate in Hungarian in a variety of social and business situations.

Our Hungarian language courses are available on both a 1:1 and group basis, but the majority of our clients offer 1:1 Hungarian training to their employees. However, with careful planning, group training can offer great value for money, provided there is a real commitment from the participants to get together at the same time every week. We strongly recommend you keep group numbers to 6 or less for these types of courses to be successful.

Those learning Hungarian on a 1:1 basis will naturally make much faster progress, as the course will be designed around their individual needs and focus on their particular strengths and weaknesses.

Course Management

Every SIMON & SIMON language course is overseen by one of our highly experienced Account Managers, all of whom are multi-lingual.

At the start of your Hungarian language course we will send you a profile on your trainer and all the relevant course materials. A Progress Report is then delivered after every 40 hours of training.

SIMON & SIMON has arranged Hungarian language courses for clients in numerous locations, and with our global network of language trainers we can organise a Hungarian language course for you wherever you are – in almost any major city in the UK, Europe and beyond.

The vast majority of our Hungarian lessons take place at our clients’ offices, removing the need for you to travel, but Hungarian lessons can take place in your home if that is more convenient.

We can also arrange Hungarian language courses at our offices or even online via Skype if you need more flexibility.

Hungarian Course Schedules

Our Hungarian language courses run throughout the year. The majority of our students attend at least one 90-minute session per week and many students will try to do more than one session depending on work commitments.

Our Hungarian teachers are available Monday – Friday from 8am – 6pm, and Weekend Courses can also be arranged on request.

Our intensive Hungarian language courses run for 30 hours per week, (6 hours per day Monday – Friday), and take place on our clients’ premises or at a residential centre here in the UK or abroad.

The content of your Hungarian language course will reflect your level and your particular objectives. We will assess your Hungarian language level before your course, and discuss with you in detail the subject areas you wish to focus on.

You may be a complete beginner looking for day-to-day Hungarian survival language skills, or a more proficient Hungarian speaker needing to improve your fluency when discussing areas such as law, banking, finance, insurance, sales, travel, marketing, and administration.

You may want to focus on improving your Hungarian for meetings, discussions and negotiations, or to concentrate on improving your listening comprehension, pronunciation and telephone skills.

Whatever your needs, working with one of our highly experienced Hungarian language trainers you can be confident that the content of your Hungarian language course will be tailored just for you and that you will soon be meeting your objectives.

Hungarian Language Examination Courses

We can also help prepare you for Hungarian examinations of a business or general nature. We are proud to say our students have a 95% pass rate in language examinations, and their success further underlines the value we place on working with Hungarian teachers with above average experience.

As part of our service, SIMON & SIMON will also organise the registration and administration of Hungarian examinations and the issuing of result certificates.

The table below is based on recognised language levels used by various academic institutions across the European Union. A highly motivated student attending weekly sessions with their Hungarian language trainer can expect to move from one level to another after 50 hours providing they also commit to a similar number of hours of self-study.

Of course, some people find learning languages easier than others, and some students will have more opportunities to practise Hungarian in the course of their work and leisure, so these factors also need to be considered when trying to assess how long it will take to move from one level to another.