Supplements to teaching materials for Hungarian as a foreign language

Abstract

This paper offers ideas for additional materials in the teaching of Hungarian as a foreign language. In the context of lexicography and grammar, for example, the following resources may be particularly useful: etymological word
families, internationalisms and relevant foreign words, lexical functions (with special emphasis on lexical enhancement), collocations, cognitive metaphors, suffixing of place names, error typology (for documenting interlanguage).
In the dimension of pragmatics, a multimedia dictionary of situations can contribute significantly to the
success of communicative language learning. In the field of language-related culture, the following topics are
suitable for compiling collections: realia (culture-specific lexemes/expressions) and Hungarian music. Within this,
it is worth having a useful repository of vocal music (especially folk songs, choral works and sung verse), as well
as Hungarian-related foreign musical pieces. The paper suggests that it would be desirable for the language teacher
to have his or her own bank of examples and tasks, which can be managed individually according to the given level
and needs of the language learner.