OF COURSE! WE WENT TO AUSTRIA!
Seasoned Expat Experiences One day, I met with my friend Luca*. We talked in German as we always do, and…
Read more
Hungarian For Expats was founded in summer 2018 by Mechthild von Knobelsdorff, an expat herself. While she takes Hungarian lessons twice per week on her own, she realized that many expats were not able to order a coffee in Hungarian - because there was no language classes tailored to expats' needs. Hence, she founded Hungarian for Expats, where she develops the content together with experienced Hungarian teachers.
Our classes are organized in modules and only teach you survival Hungarian – just the basics you need to make life in Budapest more pleasant. You can apply the class material easily in your daily life, such as ordering a coffee, asking for the way or socializing with other people.
We do offer childcare in some of the classes, to allow everyone to attend classes, even moms of young children.
We strongly believe that speaking a language creates bridges between people. Our goal is to build thousands of little bridges between you and Hungarians. To bring you closer to Hungarian culture, we also introduce some cultural knowledge into our classes and organize cultural events such as Hungarian winetastings.
Our modules are theme specific and six weeks long each, 1.5 hours per session. This way, you can choose to learn only what you are interested in. You are not interested in Buying Clothes? Just skip that module and take the next one!
Every module contains expat-relevant stories, role play and other interactive exercises and real-life practice.
These classes offer exactly what I was looking for to learn some Hungarian. The concept is simple and therefore so convincing. Based on realistic everyday situations dialogues are discussed, which makes it possible to have fun after a short time to try out the language even in every day life. The learning line of every class is limited to a few new words and easy -to-gasp grammar. Simply perfect for me! I can recommend this classes only to anyone who wants to get an insight into the language and has fun trying out language. I‘m happy to attend the course every week, as we not only have an brilliant teacher, but the class climate is absolutely great! Thanks a lot to all of you!!!
My husband is jealous of me. He took Hungarian lessons elsewhere for 10 weeks and still cannot order a coffee. And I know all these useful words now!
Excellent place to start your adventure with the Hungarian language. Lessons are interactive, the owner of the school is very friendly and dedicated to ensuring you will have the best learning experience possible. They also have personal approach, small groups and are very flexible which I very much appreciated. I can highly recommend 'Hungarian for Expats' to anyone willing to beging the journey of learning Hungarian in Budapest.
I am student in Budapest and trying to learn this language in basic level to be capable of communicating with people in the society. I passed one Hungarian course in the University but it was a course in the class like the other university courses. I was looking for some other ways to learn Hungarian to be more relax and have more fun. Hungarian for Expats is the right place for me. For me this course is more look like every Monday morning, I am going to have coffee with my friends and we are chatting and sharing our experiences and at the same time learning Hungarian Language. I think this method is more effective on my mind since there is no pressure to learn but enjoy the learning process. Also we are communicating with Hungarian restaurant´s waiter which is very good practice for us. I do recommend this course for anybody who would like to enjoy group communication and learn Hungarian.
As a mother, it is very difficult for me to have time to learn Hungarian. I had been searching a few Hungarian language schools and classes before, unfortunately, none of them were friendly to mothers with kids. The classes organized by Maggie are amazing, which super welcome kids. I joined the health module. While I was having classes, a babysitter took care of my kid. Additionally, there was a practical session at the end, which the whole class went to the pharmacy and spoke to the pharmacy assistant for buying medication with the language knowledge we learnt from classes. I can say that I could make a simple appointment with a doctor and buy simple medications at pharmacy in Hungarian now. Thank you!
Really useful, warm and friendly classes, well organised by Maggie, responsive to the needs and levels and interests of the individual class, with excellent and approachable teaching. The classes teach the basics about each subject in an accessible and interactive manner that helps the lessons to stick and stay with you. The most successful I've been in almost two years at cracking this enticingly elusive and difficult language! Highly recommend.
I’ve attended the health module and my 1 year old baby was taking care with a babysitter that the class offers. The class is very practical and interesting. At the end of the module which the whole class went to the pharmacy and spoke Hungarian to the pharmacy assistant for buying medication. I highly recommended this baby friendly Hungarian class and the teachers are very good in their teaching method.
Creative Content Developer
Bella is developing the content together with Mechthild and also teaches for Hungarian For Expats. Bella loves teaching Hungarian and English, which she has done for more than 15 years. She can also speak Romanian and is learning Persian and has two grown-up sons.
Director and Creative Mind
Based on Mechthild's own expat experiences, she develops the class content together with experienced teachers. Although she is not a natural language learner, she can speak 5 languages. For her, languages are opening the gate to the world. So it was a no-brainer that she would learn Hungarian as well. Mechthild has two daughters and likes to read, swim and drink whiskey.
Teacher
Krisztina Hartmann is a Latin and English teacher, and loves teaching her mother tongue Hungarian. Krisztina loves to give cultural guidance for living in Hungary.