Renáta Forgács

Hungarian Language Solutions was set up in 2009 by Renáta Forgács, an English-Hungarian freelance translator. A British-Hungarian dual citizen, Renáta has been living in the UK since 2004 and has been providing high quality translations from English into her native Hungarian and Hungarian lessons since 2006.

Renáta has a BSc in Economics from Budapest Business School, Hungary and attended City University’s ‘Translation Theory’ course in London. In 2011 she was lucky enough to have been awarded an EU-grant which allowed her to travel to Munich, Germany, and attend a course on intercultural communication. From 2012 – 2013 she attended City&Guild’s PTLLS (Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector) course and deepened her understanding of the theoretical and practical framework of teaching in the lifelong learning sector.

Committed to Continuing Professional Development, each year she attends the 2-week teachers’ training course organised by the University of Pécs and learns about the latest developments in teaching Hungarian as a foreign language.

Lídia Körmöndi

Lídia received her teaching degree at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. Over the following years she attended several training courses in the area of Pedagogy to deepen her understanding in the field.

Meanwhile as a successful member of the Hungarian National Karate Team she visited many European and Asian countries. These competitions and journeys provided her with the opportunity to connect with foreign cultures which was one of the reasons she started teaching Hungarian as a foreign language.

As we very much believe that learning should be relevant, practical and fun, Lídia also organises exciting events for her learners and anyone visiting Budapest. These sessions in Budapest combine excellent language training with the opportunity to get more familiar with the local culture visiting famous places and eating delicious food.

She is proud of her beautiful mother tongue and teaches it with great enthusiasm. From her own experience learning foreign languages she knows how important it is to help, encourage and motivate her learners. Lídia is excited to work with you and will make your Hungarian language journey a practical and fun experience!

Júlia Taskó

Júlia Taskó has been a language instructor for over 25 years. She gained her teaching degree in 1998 at Juhász Gyula Teacher Training College, Szeged, Hungary. At present she is studying for Master degrees in the Science of Education and in English.

Julia is a native English speaker and fully bilingual (her English coming from her mum and her Hungarian coming from her dad), and has been living in Hungary since 1981. She is married with four grown-up children.

Terezia Gondon

Terezia Gondon graduated from the University of Debrecen as a teacher of Hungarian language and literature in 2002. Since then, except for a minor interruption (between 2007 and 2009, when she lived in London), she has been working as a teacher in a secondary school in Hungary.

She loves her job and always tries to innovate. Therefore, she also graduated as a drama teacher in 2016.

She has long been interested in how she can help foreigners studying Hungarian, so in 2021 she completed a special training at the Károli Gáspár University in Budapest, where she received a qualification as a Hungarian as a foreign language teacher.

She likes to learn foreign languages, discover other cultures and traditions. She is currently studying Italian. There were also emigrated Hungarians in her own family, which also encourages her to help those who want to learn Hungarian.

Márta Sohár

Márta lives with her family in Tapolca, Hungary. She teaches Hungarian as a foreign language, Mathematics, Russian and German. She gained her teaching degree at the University of Szeged, after which she studied and worked in Moscow. During these years she found herself in a multicultural environment, using a foreign language in real-life situations, which has inspired Márta throughout her teaching career. As a result, her lessons today are interactive and dynamic, and her teaching methods create an authentic language environment and a relaxed atmosphere.

For Márta, both personal and professional development are important, and she seeks opportunities to take part in workshops and events on how she can be a better and more effective teacher.

In her free time, Márta enjoys hiking and jogging.