This recording of 'Prestige', a one-minute story by István Örkény, can be used on its own or together with the slower recording (see the previous upload for Hungarian). It was created to complement the materials posted under Why study Hungarian_Part 2 but it can be used independently.

This recording of 'Prestige', a one-minute story by István Örkény, can be used on its own or together with the faster recording (see the next upload for Hungarian). It was created to complement the materials posted under Why study Hungarian_Part 2 but it can be used independently.

WHY STUDY HUNGARIAN? AN INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE AND CULTURE FOR BEGINNERS AND MORE ADVANCED LEARNERS This work sheet is divided into four different levels and four parts. Before starting to work on either of them, learners should listen to the following video recording, in which two students explain why they decided to learn Hungarian at university and what their understanding of the language is like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHYR7vLVUmY The other key source for this work sheet is a short story by István Örkény by whom one of the students in the video recording reads a short prose piece Fűre lépni tilos ‘It is forbidden to step on the grass’. If you want to study this piece, you can go to the Language Box material ‘Why study Hungarian_Part 1’. Students can find the new text and its English translation, as well as two different (a slower and a faster) audio recordings of the text on Language Box under the link to materials entitled ‘Why Hungarian_Prestige’ (slow and fast readings).

This is an online activity for Italian. It is a listening comprehension.

This learning material contains eight topics at elementary level. Key grammar patterns and vocabulary are presented in Chinese and English in the Word documents. Audio recordings are available. Vocabulary lists include 1 Nationalities and Countries, 2 Kinship terms, 3 Date and Time, 4 Hobbies and 5 Drinks and Food

This learning material contains eight topics at elementary level including 1 Greetings, 2 Introduce Yourself, 3 Family, 4 Birthday, 5 Hobbies, 6 Treat Friends to a Drink, 7 Order Drinks/Food, 8 Getting around. Key grammar patterns and vocabulary are presented in Chinese and English in the Word documents. Audio recordings are available.

Working with colleagues at The Sixth Form College, Solihull and Foreign Language Assistants based in the West Midlands we have produced these recordings related to the A-level curriculum. The recordings are natural unscripted dialogues between natives and are transcribed. The FLAs also produced gap fill activities and question exercises to accompany the recordings.

A collection of speaking, listening and vocabulary-building exercises based on the Deutsche Welle video 'Oeko-Hauptstadt Hamburg'. Suitable for advanced (post A-level) learners of German. Answers are provided.

A conversation between two friends about their holidays. Comprehension exercise + answers. Topics: holiday, food. Grammar: past tense.

A listening comprehension task and answer sheet based on a Deutsche Welle podcast, which is available on youtube (see link on worksheet). The listening task is under 5 minutes long and suitable for (lower) intermediate learners of German (~AS level).

Andrea Bocelli's song "Il canto della terra": listening exercise + present tense grammar exercises. Beginners.

Listening and reading materials for intermediate learners on the topic of the Beijing gate.

A series of reading, writing, listening and speaking activities based on Heinrich Heine's famous poem 'die schlesischen Weber'. Suitable for advanced (post A-level) students of German. Answers are provided.

Answers to listening exercises based on the police drama 'Tatort'.

Speaking and listening exercises for advanced learners of German, based on the police drama 'Tatort'.

Listening and speaking exercise for intermediate to advanced learners of German (AS level and above); based on a 'youtube' videoclip by 'Loriot', which gives a humerous description of German christmas traditions; speaking exercise suitable for pair work

A listening exersice of Aaqid alhajebain by Fairooz with grammer activities: the dual, the case endings and prepositions

This is a short story by Franz Kafka.