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		<title>How to be conversationally fluent in a new language in one year</title>
		<link>http://www.hunreal.com/language-learning-conversational-fluenc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Jose Otero Villanueva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intercultural Competence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you follow these steps, though not as a job, but in order to enjoy life, you will find yourself conversational in about 10-12 months. ]]></description>
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		<title>Gymnastics of the Brain: Hungarian Language</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Jose Otero Villanueva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hungarian Soul]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is one thing to the foreigners about the Hungarians that is more complicated than the Rubik’s cube.  If in some way foreigners find the Hungarian people a complicated race, even more so the Hungarian language causes both their brains and tongues to do Olympic level gymnastics.  
One was in a point of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Behavior, Courtesy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Jose Otero Villanueva</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hungarian Soul]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hungarians are a very courteous and polite people.  This is very pleasant and also reminds me of my own Latin heritage, where courtesy, and how one treats others in public is very important.
Hungarians use two words which do not directly translate into English for how one treats other people; “rendes” (pronounced, “rendesh”) meaning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smiling, Eye-Contact, Sharing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krisztina Palhegyi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language, communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[body-language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Smiling Factor
Hungarians tend to behave reserved, cautious and skeptical in public.
Americans behave alert and confident. 

In America: Children and Christians are expected to act happy and smiling.
 In Hungary: Children and Christians are expected to act serious and deep.

Hungarians commonly mention that Americans are very friendly, but it takes time for a Hungarian to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conversation: Misunderstandings, Hidden Expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krisztina Palhegyi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language, communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[conversation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Language is often indirect and imprecise, and purposely so. Hungarians are almost always less direct than Americans and depend on nuances of meaning in many cases. (High-context communication.) Watch for allusions and hidden meanings, and listen to what is not said as well as what is said.
In the U. S. -
In order to be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Verbal Behavior</title>
		<link>http://www.hunreal.com/verbal-behavior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 23:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krisztina Palhegyi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language, communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hungarians are almost always less direct than North Americans, and depend on nuances of meaning in many cases. Humor, sometimes sarcastic, may be used to convey a message. The usual Hungarian tone of voice tends to be rather quiet and the language may sound monotonous, lacking dynamics to he foreign ear.
Whereas most Finns, Japanese and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Body Language, Nonverbal Communication</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krisztina Palhegyi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language, communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Differences in the way people communicate often cause misunderstandings, which is why business visitors should have some understanding of the basics of Hungarian nonverbal behavior. Of course, as with any business culture, you will find plenty of individual variation.

Voice volume should be moderate. Hungarians may be temperate at home, but they avoid raising their voice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Language of Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krisztina Palhegyi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language, communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who are very good in reading and writing a foreign language, might encounter hardships in verbal communication. They may not understand as well as you think they do. Hungarian people will rarely openly admit that they didn&#8217;t understand, as it would cause them a loss of face. This can result in serious misunderstandings that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hungarian &#8211; A Strange Cake on the Menu</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krisztina Palhegyi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language, communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You can be proud of anything, if you really want to be. Ostriches, I suppose, are proud of not being able to fly &#8211; this would be an embarrassment to most birds, but oh how fast an ostrich can run! Hungarians are proud of their language, just because it is so different from all European [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Negotiations in Hungary</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krisztina Palhegyi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language, communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bargaining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bidding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication patterns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conversation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high-context communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When entering a negotiation, keep in mind that Hungarians like to disagree for the sake of discussion and new ideas. Hungarians do not hesitate to interrupt, argue and criticize if they feel it is needed. An argument, even a heated one, is usually considered a constructive thing that brings about conversation and ideas. Also, there [...]]]></description>
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