"Magyar felfedező" – a work-in-progress Hungarian language teaching material for children

Abstract

Magyar felfedező [Hungarian Explorer], presented in this paper, is a corpus-informed, model- and project-based Hungarian as a second language (HSL) teaching material, whose main purpose is to allow young learners to discover the natural language use of similar aged children living in Hungary today. Magyar felfedező is a unique venture in that it is the first complex HSL teaching material that focuses specifically on 11–14-year-olds and leads students from level A1 to level C1. The paper discusses how Magyar felfedező aims to facilitate the learning motivation of this group by selecting relevant topics for them and by adapting special teaching methods to suit their needs and expectations.