- Office:1055 Budapest, Markó utca 29-31.
- Building:floor 1, room 131
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- Email:fajt.balazs@uni-bge.hu
Introduction
Balázs Fajt holds teaching qualifications in English Language and Culture and Hungarian as a Foreign Language from Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. He completed his doctoral studies in the Language Pedagogy Doctoral Programme of the Doctoral School of Education at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), where he obtained his PhD summa cum laude in 2023.
He has been teaching at Budapest University of Economics and Business since 2017, delivering courses in Business English, English for Specific Purposes and Hungarian as a Foreign Language. Alongside his teaching, he supervises bachelor's theses and student research papers prepared for the Scientific Students' Associations Conference (TDK). His teaching is characterised by a student-centred, practice-oriented approach, with particular emphasis on developing independent thinking and research skills and on the purposeful use of innovative digital solutions.
In addition to his work at BUEB, he teaches courses in language development, research methodology, descriptive grammar and varieties of English at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary. At the Doctoral School of Linguistics of Pázmány Péter Catholic University, he teaches research methodology and also serves as a doctoral supervisor.
Office Hours
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Subject(s) taught
- Foreign language for business, Hungarian language and culture 1-2, Introduction to the European Union Studies, Academic and Argumentative Writing
Professional career
- Education and qualifications 2014 – Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in HungaryBA in English Studies, specialising in Translation 2017 – Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
- coordinating research projects and academic activities 2017– – Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Department of English LinguisticsPart-time Lecturer 2023– – Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Doctoral School of Linguistics
Research areas
- Language pedagogy
- second language acquisition
- individual differences in language learning
- foreign language learning motivation
- language anxiety
- willingness to communicate
- dictionary use
- digital technologies and artificial intelligence in education
- extramural foreign language activities
- social media use
- streaming content
- video games and language learning