Ethnography and folklore in the Hungarian as a second language classroom

Abstract

The paper discusses how ethnography and folklore can be implemented in the teaching of Hungarian language and culture for non-native speakers of Hungarian. After the investigation of the relationship between ethnography, folklore, culture and language teaching, the paper presents how various aspects of Hungarian ethnography and folklore are taught to Ukrainian students of Hungarian at the Velyhi Berehy Folklore Museum, in the Podkarpackie region of Ukraine. The paper offers museum pedagogy tools and methods (e.g., physicality, narrativity, materiality), as well as samples of worksheets related to specific museum pedagogy sessions, which can also be applied in the Hungarian as a foreign language classroom.