What comes to your mind when you think of the number 20? Share with us a memorable experience related to the number 20 in the foreign language you are learning. Write 100-120 words with the title '20: My Story'. Don't spare your sense of humour.
IKI20
We Are 20 Years Old
In the academic year 2022-2023, the University of Szeged Foreign Language Centre is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Join the celebrations by participating in our anniversary competitions. Collect your IKI20 points and compete to win.
You can enter even if you are not taking any language courses with us currently, but you would like to read a good short story, write a witty haiku, or take some online quizzes.
You can find all the information on this webpage and in the IKI20 CooSpace scene (https://www.coosp.etr.u-szeged.hu/Scene-686445).
Enter now to win!
* * *
IKI20 Cavalcade of Languages, 20 April 2023
On 20 April 2023, we will close our IKI20 anniversary year with a full-day Cavalcade of Languages event at Honvéd tér.
Come and take a telc oral mock exam, listen to your fellow students' country presentations and professional presentations, watch some short films in Italian or English, try your hand at different language games (Codenames, Dixit, Skribbl, Story Cubes, Word Bridge), practise your German with creative language tasks, try Argentine tango and other Latin dances, or join us for a yoga in English class!
On the day of the event, there will be no language classes at IKI, but you are welcome to join our programmes instead. If you are attending a programme that conflicts with one of your other classes, we can issue a certificate of attendance.
Time: 20 April, 2023
Place: University of Szeged Foreign Language Centre, 6 Honvéd tér 6722 Szeged
Programmes »
IKI20 competitions
Troubadours, bards, minstrels! Do you know the poems called haiku? Anyone can write a haiku: the first line is 5 syllables, the second 7, the third 5. Write a haiku with the given syllable counts in one of the languages taught at IKI.
How familiar are you with the culture of the languages you can learn at the Foreign Language Centre (IKI)?
If you're learning a foreign language, you've probably come across words that you found interesting, strange or funny. They may be memorable because of a story related to them. Tell us your favourite foreign word in a short Instagram video.
If you're learning Hungarian, you've probably come across words that you found interesting, strange or funny. They may be memorable because of a story related to them. Tell us your favourite Hungarian word in a short video.
What do you know about IKI? How familiar are you with the cultures of the countries whose languages are taught at our institute? How good are you at English language riddles? Test your knowledge and collect your points by completing our online quizzes.
If you like reading in a foreign language, immerse yourself in the ocean of literary works. Choose the language and level. Read the story, then answer the questions in the given language. Don't hold yourself back! Your answers should be deep and meaningful. Add your own ideas and feelings.
Stop for a moment. Slow down. Take a look around the corridor of the Foreign Language Centre (IKI) and see if you can find a meaningful message on the coloured pages.
Do you want an internationally recognised as well as a Hungarian accredited language certificate? Two birds with one stone: take the telc exam!
Can you think of an astonishing event, development, or an outstanding personality that you think has been a milestone in the last 2 decades? Write a 150-200 word essay in the foreign language you are learning with the title "The Most Exciting Achievement of the Past 20 Years".
IKI20 other events
Did you know that backgammon, Ludo or chess date back hundreds of years? If you come to class early, you can try out some board games at the Foreign Language Centre. Scan the QR code if you don't know the game rules.
Do you have a book in a foreign language that you've read 20 times and would like to share? Bring it to the Foreign Language Centre (IKI) and put it on the book exchange shelf. And if you find another book you'd like to read, take it home with you.
Are you attending a language class at the Foreign Language Centre (IKI), or are you coming to us take a language exam? Write something in one of the languages you speak on our Message Board or answer one of the questions. You can find us at 6 Honvéd tér.
