NEEDS ANALYSIS

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Germany | United Kingdom | Hungary | Finland

Results of the Needs Analysis Carried out at Pécs University

A. Background Questions | B. Proficiency in Hungarian | C. Questions about studying | D. Questions about everyday situations | E. Social life and leisure | F. Important/essential vocabulary

1. Which Hungarian phrases would be useful to know before coming to Hungary?

greetings 31

• Jó reggelt kívánok! Good morning! (9)
• Jó napot kívánok! Hello! (10)
• Jó estét kívánok! Good evening! (3)
• Viszontlátásra! Good bye! (3)
• Szia!/Hello! Hello! (6)

introducing oneself 9

• …vagyok. ... I am. (4)
• Külföldi vagyok. I´m a foreigner. (2)
• Mi a neve(d)? What’s your name? (2)
• (Német, Németországból) … vagyok. I am from… (Germany) (1)

asking for information 45

• Hol van a…? Where is …? (24)
• Hány óra van? What is the time? (6)
• Hány órakor? What time? (1)
• Mikor? When? (1)
• Segítene?/Segítenél? Can you help me? (3)
• Le tudná/d írni ezt nekem? Can you write it down, please? (1)
• Meg tudná/d mondani azt, hogy …/
  Tudna/Tudnál adni felvilágosítást adni arról, hogy …
  Can you please give me some information about…? (1)
• Hol tudnék kapni/venni …? Where can I buy…? (1)
• Hány forint? How much is it in forint? (2)
• Mit csinalsz? What are you doing? (1)
• Hova mész? Where do you go? (1)
• Mi történt? What happened? (1)
• Mi a baj? What’s wrong? (1)
• Mit?/Miért? What?/Why? (1)

in shop 20

• Mennyibe kerül? How much does it cost? (19)
• Mikor nyit/zár az üzlet?What time does the shop open/close? (1)

needed with authorities 1

• Információ-kérés hivatalos papírok kitöltéséhez az idegenrendészeti
  hivatalban (Tudna / tudnál segíteni? Mit írjak ide?)
  information on documents for the foreign affairs police (Could you help
  me, please? What should I write down here?) (1)

travelling 26

• Várostérkép. Map. (2)
• Ez a busz … -hoz megy? Hogy jutok el a …-hoz?
  Does this bus go to/How can I get to …? (9)
• Kérek egy taxit/Kérek egy jegyet a … I’d like a taxi/a ticket … (13)
• Elsõ osztályra kérek egy jegyet! I’d like a first class ticket, please! (1)
• Meg tudná/d mutatní az utat? Can you show me the way? (1)

in the restaurant 18

• Kérem a számlát. Could I have the bill, please. (7)
• Szénsavmentes ásványvízet kérek. I’d like a still water, please. (1)
• Kérem az étlapot. Could I have the menu, please. (1)
• Egy étlapot, legyen szíves. The menu, please. (1)
• Kérek egy pizzát/Enni szeretnék/Inni szeretnék valamit.
  I’d like a pizza/I’d like something to eat/to drink. (8)

in the hotel 5

• Én Erasmus-hallgató vagyok, és kérem a szobakulcsot.
  I´m an Erasmus student and I’d like to have the keys of my room. (1)
• Meg tudná/d mondani, hogy hol van az Erasmus iroda?
  I would like to know where the Erasmus coordinator’s room is. (1)
• Bútorozott a lakás? Van futés és melegvíz? Hány szobás a lakás?
  Does the flat have furniture/heating/hot water/how many rooms? (1)
• Kít keressek, ha megérkeztem a hotelbe?
  Who should I contact when we arrive at the hotel? (1)
• emelet, ablak, szoba, mikor floor, window, room, when (1)

language skills 25

• Beszélsz angolul? Do you speak English? (8)
• Ki beszél angolul? Who speaks English? (1)
• Beszél/beszész ´degen nyelven? Do you speak any other language? (4)
• Nem beszélek magyarul. I don’t speak Hungarian. (3)
• Nem beszélek angolul. I don’t speak English. (2)
• Nem értem. I don’t understand. (5)
• Hogy mondják ezt magyarul? How do you say that in Hungarian? (1)
• Hogy ejtik ki ezt a szót? How do you pronounce this word? (1)

express one´s will/emotion 11

• Kérek/Kérem… I’d like … (7)
• Szeretlek. I love you. (1)
• Ez tetszik. I like this. (1)
• Kérem beszéljen lassan. Speak slowly, please. (1)
• Fázom! I’m cold. (1)

politeness 38

• Köszönöm (szépen)! Thank you (very much)! (24)
• Bocsanat. I’m sorry. (5)
• Hogy vagy? How are you? (4)
• Szívesen. My pleasure. (2)
• Elnézést. Excuse me. (1)
• Szeretnék/Szeretnék kérni egy… I’d like/I’d like to ask for a … (2)

other 17

• igen/nem yes/no (8)
• Tényleg? Really? (1)
• a hét napjainak nevei the names of the days (1)
• számok numbers (1)
• Egy pillanat. One moment, please. (1)
• kell/lehet must/may (1)
• Nagyon köszönöm. I appriciate. (1)
• Ez drága. It is expensive. (1)
• az egyetem néve the name of the University (1)
• ülõhely, edzõ seat, coach (1)
• empty 7

2. What, in your opinion, is the most difficult aspect of the Hungarian language (e.g. pronunciation, writing, grammar)? Please give me some examples. (only 23 questionnaires)

3. Have there ever been in situations in which your English was no help and it was necessary to know Hungarian? What were these situations? (only 23 questionnaires)

*single answers for the following areas: bank, doctor, police, in rural areas, TV-services, sports, with older people

4. Comments

• Hungarians seem to be very little interested in giving service or any kind of help for foreigners. (M21 Norway)

• I like Pécs a lot and I came here knowing that I would spend the next 6 years of my life here. Though, I find it really sad that I don´t have any contact to Hungarians, except my landlady to pay the bills. It would be a very good opportunity for us to learn your culture, your land and no feel so much “foreigner”. What I have thought several times is that maybe a first step should be made by the university and by the department of foreign languages, so that English program students and Hungarian students have the same hours of Hungarian and English respectively. We could teach to them English, they could teach us Hungarian, in a not so strict way, with grammar. This would begin a contact between us and maybe learning Hungarian would become more fun and more interesting. Thank you. (F23 Greece)

• More English in this country! More student rights! Otherwise we lose Pécs… it´s a great city in a great country! (F24 Norway, originally Afghanistan)

• In general, I nearly enjoy being a foreign student in Pécs. The people are very kind (more than in Budapest). (F23 Israel)

• Hungary has been a wonderful experience and I´m going to come here in my next semester. I recommend this program to anyone who has an open mind and wants a good challenge. (F19 USA)

• I find it irritating how people refuse to speak English and at times they aren´t very helpful. For example in my country we do not have to purchase bags at the grocery store. When I wanted to buy a bag here, the lady got really mad and threw a bag at me and yelled at me for buying it after she had closed the register. Also, when I went to get my haircut, the lady got mad when I wanted it shorter than what she had already cut. (F18 USA)

• Many more students could be attracted here by prices, and if they saw pictures of the beautiful cities. (M21 USA)

• So far it has been a great experience to study at the University of Pécs. The ISC office has been extremely welcoming and very helpful, making my stay much comfortable. I only hope that more students will come studying here from abroad and make this program even stronger. I was disappointed because it wasn´t possible to enrol in some classes because not enough people had signed up. I think this has the potential to be a strong program. The Hungarian language course is very good and the other courses that I am involved in are quite good too. Hopefully in the future there will be more courses available as more students enrol. (M19 Canada)

• I have started to meet people that do speak English or German in the last year but usually it is very rare. (F25 Norway)

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A. Background Questions | B. Proficiency in Hungarian | C. Questions about studying | D. Questions about everyday situations | E. Social life and leisure | F. Important/essential vocabulary