The Essentials
All Programs
Language Instruction
AFS Hungary offers language lessons in the first three months of program. The language training will take place locally and the format will vary depending on each local chapter, family and student. It may be taught by a school teacher or a volunteer with education in languages. AFS Hungary will also provide a language and exercise book to aid in learning Hungarian.
Digging Deeper
Language Resources
- A Hungarian Language Course
- 101Languages: Hungarian 101
- Digital Dialects: Hungarian
- Lets Learn Hungarian!
- Lexicool: Hungarian translator
Cultural Resources
- Hungarian Culture and Heritage Society
- Hungary 101
- BBC Country Quiz: Hungary
- Culture Shock: Hungary
- Hungary Food
News and Media
- Index (Hungarian)
- The Budapest Times (English)
- Origo (Hungarian)
- Daily News Hungary (English)
- HVG (Hungarian)
- Velvet (Hungarian)
- 24.hu (Hungarian)
- Hungarian Youtube Channels
Movies and Documentaries
- Sunshine (1999) <—A must watch!
- White God (2014)
- Hungarian Vagabond (2004)
- Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
- Torn from the Flag (2007)
- The Turin Horse (2011)
- Hukkle (2002)
- Stream of Love (2014)
- Satantango (1994)
- Time Stands Still (1982)
- Made in Hungarian (2004)
- The Red and the White (1967)
- Son of Saul (2015)
Books
- The Diary of Éva Heyman: Child of the Holocaust (1988)
- Santantango (1985)
- The Door (1987)
- The Melancholy of Resistance (2002)
- The Good Master
- The Paul Street Boys (1906)
- The Tragedy of Man (1861)
- Fatelessness (1975)
- The Great Escape (2007)
- Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary
- The Bridge at Andau (1985)
- Skylark (2010)
- Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends (1996)
* These resources are not affiliated with AFS