Department of English Language Pedagogy, University of Debrecen

19/05/2026

🎤 Last week, the Writing Lab's amazing mentors completed the second round of the MEGA EYE Speaking Prep series to help students prepare for the speaking component of the English Yardstick Exam.

👑 Huge thanks to Bodnár Dániel, Papp Fruzsi, Réka Törzsök and Urbán Éva for the expert help and to Attila Lénárt-Muszka for coordinating the event.

🍀 Good luck to all students taking the EYE in the next couple of days!

14/05/2026

🍾🎉Congratulations, Kornélia Radóczi for bringing the silver home from the IEAS Student Researcher Conference (KTDK) last week with your presentation, A comparison of English coursebooks: The aspects of narrative-driven and patchwork-like coursebooks!

👩‍🏫 We are proud of you and your supervisor, Fruzsina Szabó, too!

💛 We also congratulate section winner Zsófia Dara and her supervisor, Éva Kardos.

13/05/2026

🦸‍♀️ Representing our department, Dr. Szabó Fruzsina ran a workshop and delivered a talk at IATEFL 2026 in Brighton at the end of April.

ℹ️ IATEFL = International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language ℹ️

🧠 Her workshop focused on the perceived gaps between pre-service teacher trainees' methodological knowledge and the reality of classroom practicum.

🧘‍♀️ Her presentation talk introduced the findings of a pilot intervention programme to enhance mental health awareness in pre-service trainees' teacher training courses.

🔥Congratulations for rocking the international stage, Professor Szabó! 🔥

12/05/2026

👩‍🏫 We congratulate Kornélia Radóczi (4th year), Majtényi Csenge Luca (3rd year) and Rózsa Barbara Borbély (3rd year) on their excellent performances at the Faculty of Humanities Scientific Students' Association Conference.

👩‍🎓 We thank you, Fruzsina Szabó for bringing these young talents to light and your work as their supervisor!

🍾 Here's to more great feats like this one!

03/05/2026

A wonderful event with many talented young researchers. :)

The Linguistics and Language pedagogy section of the Faculty of Humanities student researchers' conference (KTDK) will take place on 8 May, between 9:40-12:00, in library reading room 101.
jury: Dr. Esra Abdelzaher, Lénárt-Muszka Attila, Dr. Szűcs Péter

• 9:40 - Majtényi Csenge Luca: Creating an inclusive learning environment: Exploring the possible relationship between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder pedagogy and technology induced attention deficit
• 10:05 - Radóczi Kornélia: A comparison of English coursebooks: The aspects of narrative-driven and patchwork-like coursebooks
• 10:30 - Borbély Rózsa Barbara: Film-based language learning
• Break (10 min)
• 11: 05 - Wang Xile: Studying cultural differences in emoji usage across the East and the West
• 11: 30 - Dara Zsófia: A corpus study of Hungarian resultative adverbs ending in -an/-en

All are welcome!

FB-event: https://fb.me/e/9QqogSwD5

Department of English Language Pedagogy, University of Debrecen

10/04/2026

🤝 A QS rangsor oktatás kategóriájában a világ legjobb tíz intézménye közé sorolt Education University of Hong Kong együttműködési megállapodást kötött a Debreceni Egyetemmel, magyarországi egyetemek közül elsőként.

📖 A sokrétű együttműködés keretében a két egyetem oktatói és kutatói közös szerkesztésében fog megjelenni a Central European Journal of Educational Research árnyékoktatást tárgyaló folyóiratszáma.

🎓 A munkában kulcsszerepe lesz tanszékünk oktatójának, a téma szakértőjének, dr. Hegedűs Gabriellának.

❤️ Sok szeretettel gratulálunk!

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02/04/2026

⚖️ Városunkba érkeztek a Critical thinkers – angol vitaklubok elnevezésű tehetséggondozó programban részt vevő középiskolások, és ha már itt voltak, izgalmas vitákban mérték össze tudásukat, melyek értékelésében tanszékünk oktatója, Bölcskei Erzsébet is részt vett. 🙌

Gratulálunk, és további sok sikert kívánunk minden résztvevőnek!

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23/03/2026

📣 Attention, students with a passion for your research topics. This is your time to shine. 🌟 Read the info below and apply to jumpstart your academic journey. 🚀

📢 The UD Faculty of Humanities (Debreceni Egyetem Bölcsészettudományi Kar) is organizing a student researcher conference (the local round of OTDK - Országos Tudományos Diákköri Konferencia) between 4-8 May 2026.
Here is the official announcement (in Hungarian):https://btk.unideb.hu/sites/default/files/inline-files/KTDK%202026.pdf

IEAS students who are working on original research are encouraged to submit their applications by filling out this online form: https://forms.gle/WPYeU8dFNPJNXDrN7
📅 Deadline: April 10

➡️ To stay updated about the event, check out the relevant page of the IEAS website (https://ieas.unideb.hu/en/national-student-researchers-conference), and join IEAS's TDK Facebook-group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/586578164881578).

02/03/2026

👏 What a great event by Papp Fruzsi!

27/02/2026

❤️ Beautiful beyond a doubt… ❤️ but why a hummingbird? 🐦

👩‍🎨 The artist behind our amazing logo, Rebeka Karajos, is giving you a behind-the-scenes look into how our hummingbird came to life.

"I created the logo last spring at the request of Professor Ildikó Csépes. 🙂

Originally, we wanted to use an apple to evoke the tree of knowledge. However, I quickly discarded this idea because I did not find it specific enough to language pedagogy. I looked through various symbols and considered the parrot; however, since repetition is not the essence of language learning, we ultimately decided against it.

In the end, we decided to go with the hummingbird on Professor Csépes’s recommendation, as she found the following interpretation of the symbol:

'Hummingbirds are known for being energetic, curious, and intelligent — all qualities of a great learner and teacher. They symbolize resilience and joy in the pursuit of learning.'

Many different versions and preliminary designs were created before the logo received its final form and color scheme. I designed all of them in Adobe Illustrator. My aim was for the logo to be visually striking and clean, while not being too modern or overly minimalist for the visual identity of a university department."

🙏 Thank you, Rebeka, for helping forge the identity of our amazing team! 💛