Steven desJardins ([info]stevendj) wrote,
@ 2008-01-01 01:14:00
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New Year's resolution
I'd like to learn Hungarian. It would be nice if I could get to the point of being able to puzzle out an average written text, with the help of a dictionary. My hypothesis is that that's the point where learning the language goes from being difficult and frustrating, to slightly less difficult and actually kind of fun.

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[info]dr_brat
2008-01-01 02:30 pm UTC (link)
Oh cool! I get to start 2008 by being useful to someone:

http://www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/swseel/languages.shtml
http://www.indiana.edu/~ceus/hungarian/welcome.html
http://www.indiana.edu/~iuihsl/1language.html
http://aatseel.org/intensive_language#hungarian
http://www.hungarianlanguage.net/
http://www.hungarianamerica.com/language/

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[info]stevendj
2008-01-01 11:14 pm UTC (link)
Hmm—I'd been planning self-study (the one from http://www.fsi-language-courses.com/), but a two-week or a month-long course in Hungary might be a better approach. (It's hard to find a month with nothing I don't want to miss, though. Still, it might be worth sacrificing a film festival to do the longer version.)

Thank you for the suggestions.

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[info]dr_brat
2008-01-02 12:07 am UTC (link)
The links aren't all study programs. In particular, the second and the last have links to language resources including chat rooms, etc. I think the last one might be of the most use, since it's in DC.

So far as study in Hungary goes, there's a summer program in Debrecen (surely listed at the IU site) that has a very good reputation.

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[info]stevendj
2008-01-02 12:41 am UTC (link)
I did look at the different links—what I meant was, now that I'm thinking of all the different possibilities, that a course in Hungary might be the best choice. The one in DC is a possibility, but I think I'd prefer a two-week or four-week course that meets five days a week (which I can get in Hungary) to a 12-week course that meets one night a week.

I won't sign up for anything until I get back from India, so I have a few weeks to think about it.

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[info]dr_brat
2008-01-02 02:13 am UTC (link)
One more thing to think about: beginner courses are easier to come by in the US. It might be to your advantage to take a beginner course here and then take an intermediate course in Hungary. You'll be more prepared to take advantage of opportunities to actually use the language in that case.

I had three years of formal training in Polish (two in US, one in Poland) before living there and was still struggling with the language (after gliding through French and German). I understand Hungarian is much harder than Polish.

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