Language Learning: An Insight into a Culture
Abstract
The Hungarian Cultural Association of Phoenix is one of those U.S. based non-profits that offers language learning to a variety of age groups. Its Napocska Hungarian School for children was started in 2016, while learning groups for adults have begun in 2020 with the start of the Covid pandemic. Language learning and cultural knowledge go hand in hand. The purpose of language learning is to get to know more about the Hungarian culture and at the same time it is more and more obvious that there is no effective language learning without cultural knowledge. In my presentation I aim to talk about the status of Hungarian language learning in Arizona and relate our experiences of connecting cultural knowledge with the process of language learning. Finally, I would like to emphasize that the combination of the two helped us the most achieve our organization’s mission which is to build bridges between cultures, improve intercultural communication between Hungarians and non-Hungarians.
Start Date
19-11-2021 1:00 PM
Language Learning: An Insight into a Culture
The Hungarian Cultural Association of Phoenix is one of those U.S. based non-profits that offers language learning to a variety of age groups. Its Napocska Hungarian School for children was started in 2016, while learning groups for adults have begun in 2020 with the start of the Covid pandemic. Language learning and cultural knowledge go hand in hand. The purpose of language learning is to get to know more about the Hungarian culture and at the same time it is more and more obvious that there is no effective language learning without cultural knowledge. In my presentation I aim to talk about the status of Hungarian language learning in Arizona and relate our experiences of connecting cultural knowledge with the process of language learning. Finally, I would like to emphasize that the combination of the two helped us the most achieve our organization’s mission which is to build bridges between cultures, improve intercultural communication between Hungarians and non-Hungarians.