The Pont HU working group for Hungarian as a foreign language

Abstract

Pont HU, the working group for methodology and language pedagogy in Hungarian as a foreign language (HFL) was formed in 2017 with the intention to provide an open-access academic platform, and a both personal and virtual public space for teachers, researchers, and students involved in HFL research and teaching. In this paper, the founders of Pont HU present the activities organized by the working group over the past five years of their history: teachers’ forums, training courses, and content creation. All these activities work toward a common goal; namely, to promote, in a practice-oriented fashion, the implementation and application of novel academic findings in everyday teaching practices by providing opportunities for the HFL teaching community – across generations and education arenas – to meet with each other, discuss various issues related to the field, share their knowledge and experiences, exchange their ideas and opinions, and learn from each other.