In 2003 the Hungarian Studies Center was awarded with a substantial EU support within the framework of LINGUA to facilitate the creation of a multimedial, Hungarian language teaching-learning toolkit. The goals and incentives of the project "MULTIHUN" were as follows:

Objectives: The teaching of Hungarian to foreigners is a timely issue considering the imminent enlargement of the EU. In the pre-accession state, the demand for up-to-date coursebooks of Hungarian with authentic texts and exercises is growing rapidly. The project intends to replace existing out-of-date materials, which were designed according to traditional methods of grammar-translation. Instead, the MULTIHUN takes a communicative approach to language teaching.

Targets: Our project provides learners with a complex, graded multimedial language learning package (MULTIHUN). It is designed to be flexible enough to satisfy the needs of organized groups as well as adult, autonomous learners. The latter group will especially be helped by the CD-ROM, video and other toolkits.

Activities: The creation, testing, evaluating and production of the package which will consist of two sets (Beginners' and Intermediate levels), each offering a coursebook, a grammar reference book, a video, and audio CD and a CD-ROM with exercises developing integrated skills.

Outputs: by advancing the teaching of a less known/used European language that shortly becomes an official language of the EU, the project promotes language learning/teaching and prepare the enlargement of the Union. Some features of MULTIHUN will also promote lifelong learning and equal opportunities for disabled persons.

The overall budget of project 110077-CP-1-2003-1-HU-LINGUA-L2 was EUR 172,100 of which EUR 110,000 was provided by the European Union.

The project was carried out in cooperation with three partner universities:

University of Hamburg, Institute of Finno-Ugric and Uralic Studies, Department of Hungarian
University of Turku, Institute of Finnish Studies, Finno-Ugric Department
University of Verona, Faculty of Foreign Languages

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The Original Project Proposal // Progress Report // Final Report // Publications

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