These are the English names of popular colleges and universities in Hungary:

university of agricultural sciences – agrártudományi egyetem
college of public administration – államigazgatási főiskola
university of veterinary medicine – állatorvostudományi egyetem
university of food industry – élelmiszeripari egyetem
college of fine arts – képzőművészeti főiskola
university of horticulture – kertészeti egyetem
university of economic sciences – közgazdaságtudományi egyetem
technical university – műszaki egyetem
college of technology – műszaki főiskola
medical university, university of medicine – orvostudományi egyetem
teacher training college – tanárképző főiskola
university of physical education – testnevelési egyetem
faculty of arts – bölcsészettudományi kar
faculty of science – természettudományi kar
faculty of law – állam- és jogtudományi kar

If you are considering studying abroad or you have wondered what the abbreviations on business cards might mean, we have compiled a table of common Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. The degree awarded by Hungarian faculties of law is called Juris Doctor or Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD), while medical universities here award Doctor of Medicine (MD or DM). These are called junior or professional doctorates, which are above Master’s level but not equivalent to intermediate doctorates, like a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), which requires 3 more years of study and the submission of original research.

]]> https://www.5percangol.hu/kozepfok_szobeli/oktatasi-rendszer-magyarorszagon-angol-nyelv-oesszefoglalo/ Mon, 04 Sep 2017 08:50:00 +0000 https://cmsteszt.5percangol.hu/oktatasi-rendszer-magyarorszagon-angol-nyelv-oesszefoglalo/ Education in Hungary

Children in Hungary start school at the age of 6 and are supposed to attend school until the age of 16, two years earlier than coming of age, that is to say turning 18. The majority of children go to state schools, there are few private schools – some of them offer alternative educational methods – and boarding schools are not popular. Before starting school, children are required to attend nursery school, which is very convenient for working parents.

Elementary School

All pupils start at elementary school (1^st to 8^th form) and after 4^th form they can decide whether to stay or transfer to an eight-form grammar school. This possibility is offered again after 6^th form as a transfer to a six-form grammar school, and many talented and academically advanced children take this opportunity. When pupils finish elementary school, they can enrol into vocational schools, where they are taught practical skills needed to perform a particular job, like carpentry, gardening, etc. These schools give a trade certificate but pupils are not prepared for the school-leaving exam that is required to enter higher education. If someone would like to learn a trade and enrol into higher education afterwards, the best choice for them is the secondary vocational school offering tuition in both practical and academic skills.

Secondary School

Secondary education is also offered by grammar schools, where the focus is purely academic and the aim is to prepare pupils for continuing their studies at college or university. Students are required to take a school-leaving exam at the end of 12^th form in five subjects. The compulsory subjects are Hungarian language and literature, Maths, History and a foreign language of choice. Pupils are allowed to pick one more subject based on their interest. The school-leaving exam is available at intermediate or advanced level and students decide which one to take based on the entrance requirement of their university or college of choice. Budapest, Szeged and Debrecen are the most significant university towns in the country.

Higher Education

At present, higher or tertiary education in Hungary is based on the Bologna system, which is in force in most European countries, making studying abroad much easier. Students who complete their first 3 or 4 years of study earn a Bachelor’s degree and can continue their studies to earn a Master’s degree, which takes 1 or 2 years. This division is not applicable in Hungary if you study to be a lawyer, doctor, vet, dentist, pharmacist, or an architect. The highest level is the doctoral degree, which means another 3-4 years of study. Students are supposed to pass at least one intermediate level foreign language exam as part of their studies in order to be awarded their degrees.

to come of age – nagykorúvá válni
state school – állami iskola
alternative – alternatív
educational method – oktatási módszer
boarding school – bentlakásos iskola
elementary school – általános iskola
grammar school – gimnázium
talented – tehetséges
vocational school – szakmunkásképző
trade certificate – szakmunkás bizonyítván
school-leaving exam – érettségi vizsga
higher education – felsőoktatás
secondary vocational school – szakközépiskola
subject – tantárgy
compulsory – kötelező
entrance requirement – felvételi követelmény
to be in force – érvényben van
division – felosztás
doctoral degree – doktori fokozat

They say education is the foundation of society—and since Japanese and American societies are different in many ways, it may not surprise you that aspects of the two countries’ educational systems are like chalk and cheese. To find out just how different learning your ABCs (or あいうs) can be in the U.S. and Japan, study up on these nine things that are commonplace in Japanese public schools, but probably wouldn’t fly in America.

1. DRESS CODE

While only about 20 percent of public schools in the U.S. require uniforms, nearly all Japanese public school students suit up from junior high school on. The traditional uniform is a high-collared, black, military-style suit for boys and a beribboned sailor blouse and pleated skirt for girls (sorry ladies, there’s no pants option). These as-seen-in-anime styles are still the norm for middle school students, but the high school uniform is gradually being replaced by the tartan skirts and trousers with ties typical of Western parochial schools. Besides regulating clothing, shoes, and backpacks, many Japanese secondary schools impose strict bans on makeup, nail polish, hairstyles, and even eyebrow grooming that would make the average American teen wince. Perhaps the most eye-opening aspect of Japanese school dress codes, though, is that until the 1990s, these mortifying buruma (bloomers) were the standard girls’ PE uniform.

2. NO JANITORS

You won’t find a janitor in any Japanese school. Instead, industrious students and teachers roll up their sleeves and spend a few minutes every day mopping the floors, clapping erasers, and even scrubbing the toilets. Which means that students wouldn’t dream of putting gum under their chair or doodling on the desks—‘cause they know they’ll just have to clean it up themselves.

3. NO SUBSTITUTES

Leaving 30 teenagers unsupervised in a classroom would be the stuff of nightmares in an American high school, but that’s exactly what happens when a teacher calls in sick in Japan. Japanese secondary schools rarely use substitutes; instead, students are trusted to study quietly and independently.

4. THE SASUMATA

Even in a country as safe as Japan, schools have to prepare themselves for the possibility of a violent intruder. The sasumata is intended for this purpose: an aluminum pole with two curved prongs at one end which is adapted from an ancient samurai weapon—and found today hanging in schools all across Japan. The idea is to use the tool to immobilize the trespasser (who is hopefully not carrying a gun, which would be highly unlikely in Japan anyway).

5. KANCHO-ING THE TEACHER

If the sasumata doesn’t work, there’s always the kancho. A favorite prank among elementary and kindergarten students, all foreigners coming to Japan to teach English are duly warned about getting kancho’d. How it works: kids clasp their cute little hands together, extend the pointer fingers, then aim them right at the unsuspecting teacher’s butthole.

6. LUNCHES

It’s hot lunch every day at Japanese elementary and junior high schools. Students and teachers forgo cafeterias, instead eat all together at their desks in the classroom. Everyone eats the exact same meal, which is prepared by lunch ladies and served by students who take turns dishing out the rice, fish, and soup to their classmates. And because waste is a big no-no in Japanese culture, schools are known for enforcing 100 percent membership in the Clean Plate Club, requiring even the pickiest of eaters to finish every last bite.

7. GREETINGS

Greetings are an integral part of Japanese culture, and school is no exception. At the beginning and end of each class, students stand and greet the teacher, then bow in unison. Many high schools also bring a brief mokuso, (closed-eyes meditation) into school to allow students to center themselves before class.

8. SATURDAY SCHOOL

One-day weekends were the norm for Japanese schools until 1992, when the government began phasing out Saturday lessons as part of a national push for a more relaxed educational system. Despite this, many school boards ignored the change and continue to hold extra lessons on Saturdays—and almost half of all Tokyo elementary and junior high students still spend at least one Saturday morning a month doing math instead of watching cartoons.

9. SUMMER BUMMER

Japanese students do get a five-week summer vacation (about half as long as America’s), but calling it a “break” might be a stretch—unlike in America, the Japanese summer break is right in the middle of the school year, and though school is technically out, students and teachers will still typically come to school almost daily for club activities. Even elementary school students are assigned a legendarily hefty summer homework packet.

Japanese-style education seems to work for them; the latest OECD global math and science rankings place Japanese high schoolers at fourth in the world, while students in the U.S. have slipped to 28th place. So though we probably won’t find American students scouring the bathroom floor while wearing a pair of bloomers anytime soon, Saturday school may be worth considering.

Japanese and American schools are very different. Can you fill in the chart about their differences?

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Nash, 86, and Alicia Nash, 82, were riding in a taxi near Monroe Township when the incident occurred, State Police Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Williams said. They were traveling southbound in the left lane when the taxi went out of control while trying to pass another car, Williams said. The car crashed into the guard rail, and they were ejected from the vehicle. They were pronounced dead at the scene, Williams said The taxi driver, Tarek Girgis, was flown to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening. A passenger in the other car was transported to the hospital complaining of neck pain. No charges have been filed in the accident, which is still under investigation, Williams said.

A woman ‘essential to his survival‘

Nash, widely regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, was known for his work in game theory, and his personal struggle with paranoid schizophrenia. Alicia Nash, an MIT physics major from an aristocratic Salvadoran family, has been credited with saving his life after schizophrenia derailed his career in the 1960s, letting him into her home and looking after him even after they divorced in 1963.

As the couple’s biographer, Sylvia Nasar, wrote in the 1998 book “A Beautiful Mind,” “It was Nash’s genius … to choose a woman who would prove so essential to his survival.”

That chapter of their relationship did not make it into the Hollywood version of their lives, the 2001 Oscar-winning film “A Beautiful Mind” starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly. The film, which has been called “a piece of historical revisionism,” also left out his child from a previous relationship and glossed over his reputation for being difficult to work with. But it drew accolades for its depiction of mental illness while bringing attention to Nash’s accomplishments, which earned him the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics.

Nash called the film an “artistic” interpretation based on his life of how mental illness could evolve — one that did not “describe accurately” the nature of his delusions or treatment. Unlike Crowe’s character, who comes to rely on medication for treatment, Nash said in a 1994 interview it had been decades since he had taken medication.

He spoke of mental illness as often having “an unfavorable course with history in the sense that people never really recovered to what you can call mentally well. They become what are called consumers of mental health organizations. They are always taking some sort of a pill.”

News of the couple’s deaths drew tributes from academia and Hollywood.

“We are stunned and saddened by news of the untimely passing of John Nash and his wife and great champion, Alicia. Both of them were very special members of the Princeton University community,” Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber said.

“John’s remarkable achievements inspired generations of mathematicians, economists and scientists who were influenced by his brilliant, groundbreaking work in game theory, and the story of his life with Alicia moved millions of readers and moviegoers who marveled at their courage in the face of daunting challenges,” Eisgruber added.

“RIP Brilliant #NobelPrize winning John Nash & and his remarkable wife Alicia. It was an honor telling part of their story #ABeautifulMind,” director Ron Howard tweeted.

Russel Crowe expressed condolences to the family on Twitter, calling the couple an “amazing partnership” with “beautiful minds” and “beautiful hearts.”: ’’Stunned…my heart goes out to John & Alicia & family.

An amazing partnership. Beautiful minds, beautiful hearts.’’

source: CNN

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Sad things and death are unfortunately a part of life and a language learner should know this type of vocabulary as well.

How many synonyms can you give for ’death’?

Key:

passing away, dying, passing, loss of life, decease, departure from life, kicking the bucket

Can you translate the following Hungarian words into English?

1. meghalni

2. halottnak nyilvánítani valakit

3. életveszélyes

4. meg van döbbenve

5. idő előtti

6. Nyugodjék békében.

7. részvétet nyilvánítani

Key:

1. to die, to pass away

2. to pronounce somebody dead

3. life-threatening

4. to be stunned

5. untimely

6. RIP, Rest In Peace

7. to express condolences

Back-to-school tips

The start of school is just days away. Is it too late to prepare your child, no matter the age? Nope. Here are some tips from people in the know about how to help ease that transition for your kids, their teachers and you.

Organizing

Involve your children with all the back-to-school organizing that you are trying to set up. Back-to-school is the best time for starting anew, and a way to ensure that it works for everyone is to help the kids create the systems. They can help put together what they will need in their homework station so they can feel ownership and pride, as well as a sense of accomplishment. This will hopefully make them want to keep it up once the school year starts.

A similar way of doing things with older children works, too. Have them help put a calendar together for the family and write out their schedule of activities, for example. That helps them feel in control of their own lives.

Safety

Nowadays there’s an important back-to-school safety tip that parents need to include in their discussions with children: What to do if a bully confronts you?

1. Try to recognize when someone looks mad or angry.

2. If bullies confront you, ignore them and don’t give them any attention; that’s just what they want.

3. Speak up. Tell a caring adult such as a teacher, parent, bus driver or playground supervisor. Once an adult is involved, the bully usually stops out of fear that his or her parents will find out.

Standing up for oneself is an invaluable life lesson for kids.

www.washingtonpost.com

no matter – nem számít
nope – de nem ám
to ease – megkönnyíteni
transition – átállás
to involve – bevonni
to start anew – újrakezdeni
to ensure – biztosítani
to feel ownership – a magáénak érzi
sense of accomplishment – sikerélmény
to keep something up – folytatni valamit
schedule of activities – órarend, elfoglaltáságok táblázata
to feel in control – úgy érzi, ő irányít
bully – zaklató, bántalmazó gyerek
to confront – szembeszállni, szembekerülni
to recognize – felismerni
to ignore – figyelmen kívül hagyni
to speak up – szólni, felszólalni
to find out – megtudni valamit
to stand up for oneself – kiáll magáért
invaluable – felbecsülhetetlen

Match the verbs with the synonyms.

answers: 1-d 2-a 3-e 4-c 5-b

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This woman wrote a note to her maths exam marker. What happened 20 years later will amaze you

source: Mirror

note – megjegyzés, üzenet
exam marker – az írásbeli vizsga értékelője
exam – vizsga
to amaze – csodálatba ejt
to apologise – elnézést kér
to waste – elpocsékol
to be impressed by sg.  – nagy hatással van rá vmi
to track down – felkutatni
decade – évtized
wholeheartedly – teljes szívből
to mark – osztályozni, értékelni
to enter – itt: elindul, részt vesz
against sy’s will – akarata ellenére
mathematically-minded – matekos agyú
annoyed – ideges
silly – buta
maths paper – matekdolgozat
corner – sarok
troublesome – kellemetlen, neveletlen
examiner – vizsgáztató
to return – visszajuttat
to invite – meghív
politically incorrect – nem politikailag korrekt
to manage – beteljesít, sikerül
business development manager – értékesítési és marketing menedzser
invigilator – felügyelő
to deluge – eláraszt
hang on to sg. – ragaszkodik valamihez
to touch – megérint
to get in touch – kapcsolatba lép
 

Choose the correct words for the sentences.

1. Marnie was a …………….. girl, she always got into fights even as a little girl.
a) kind
b) troublesome

2. They pushed me to do this against my ……..
a) will
b) want

3. The …………. was very strict, hardly anybody got a good mark.
a) examiner
b) exterminator

4. Peter and Paula got really ………….. and frustrated at the restaurant because the chef kept talking to them all evening. 
a) calm
b) annoyed

5. Can you write your name in the …………. of your paper?
a) corner
b) corncob

answers: 1-b 2-a 3-a 4-b 5-a

Lovers, 16, flee public school at night and fly to Caribbean: Teenagers run away after telling friends they were sick of the rain

Two sixth-form lovers have jetted off to the Caribbean after sneaking out of their public school in the middle of the night. The 16-year-olds told friends they were sick of the rain and cold after returning to their £30,000-a-year school after the Christmas holidays. As fellow pupils and staff at Stonyhurst College in Clitheroe, Lancashire, slept, they took a taxi to Manchester airport and were last seen in the terminal before flying to the Dominican Republic.

Now the pair – who are understood to have been dating each other at the school – are being sought by their parents and police on the island. It is understood the pupils booked tickets online, then told close friends they were going to leave late on Sunday night for a romantic break in the Caribbean. They waited until staff on night duty had gone to bed and fellow pupils were asleep in their dorms before grabbing their bags and sneaking out. They are believed to have walked out of the school gates and down the road before ordering a taxi to the airport, where they boarded an indirect flight to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic.

Sources said their parents were sick with worry, but were trying to resolve the drama with minimal police involvement. They are said to be trying to contact the runaway pair and may fly out to bring them back to school. Stonyhurst College, originally founded in 1593 in France, is a Catholic school that accepts pupils from other Christian traditions. Many who board at the school, which has more than 300 boys and 130 girls, come from overseas.

Past pupils include Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and actor Charles Laughton. Traditionalists were outraged when girls were admitted to the school for the first time in 1999. In 2009 a girl and a boy, aged 16 and 17, were expelled after they were caught in bed together.

Last night a source said: ‘It’s the talk of the school. It’s astonishing that, although they are only 16, they could afford to splash out on flights to the Caribbean, but a lot of the pupils at Stonyhurst come from very wealthy families. Many are from overseas and their parents give them credit cards with unlimited credit.’

source: www.dailymail.co.uk

sixth form – kb. az érettségire felkészítő osztályok Angliában és Walesben (16 évesen, a GCSE általános vizsga után már nincs iskolakötelesség)
to jet off – elrepülni
to sneak out – kilopózni
public school – magániskola
to date someone – járni valakivel
to be on night duty – éjszakai ügyeletesnek lenni
dorm – háló (kollégiumban pl.)
indirect flight – nem közvetlen járat
to be sick with worry – belebetegszik az aggodalomba
to resolve – megoldani
involvement – bevonás, részvétel
to found – alapítani
to board – kollégiumban lakni
overseas – tengerentúli, Nagy-britanniában minden külföldi annak számít
outraged – felháborodott
to be expelled – kicsapják az iskolából, kitoloncolják, kiutasítják
source – forrás
astonishing – döbbenetes
to splash out – költekezni
wealthy – vagyonos
unlimited – korlátlan

Match the words with the definitions. 

answers: 1-e 2-d 3-a 4-b 5-c

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