The Teacher Trainers
All of the teacher trainers on the course have been involved in teaching and teacher training for a number of years. They are all still active teachers and therefore are fully aware of the classroom situations facing EFL teachers today.
Ágnes Enyedi
Ágnes Enyedi graduated as a teacher of English from the Eötvös University of Budapest (ELTE). She has worked in ELT for over 20 years as a language teacher and teacher educator. Being a full-time lecturer at the Department of English Language Pedagogy at ELTE, was involved in pre-service and in-service teacher education. She has presented widely at conferences at home and internationally and also contributed to a coursebook series. Mrs Enyedi has been a Via Lingua trainer since 2001.
Pál Szemere
A graduate of ELTE University, Budapest, Pál Szemere has been involved in ELT teacher training for 14 years. His interests are both theoretical and practical. He was a translator of the Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Language into Hungarian and has contributed to English-Hungarian and Hungarian-English dictionaries. Mr Szemere is currently a full-time lecturer of English phonology and syntax at Kodolányi College, Székesfehérvár and has been working as a Via Lingua Budapest Grammar trainer since 2001.
Éva Szabó
Since her graduation in English language and literature from Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest (ELTE), Éva Szabó has been working as a teacher of English and teacher trainer. She has been involved in pre- and in-service teacher training for the past 20 years and is now a full-time lecturer at the Department of English Language Pedagogy at ELTE. Her professional interests lie in teacher planning, ICT in language teaching and material development. She has been working as a Via Lingua trainer since 2009.
Zsuzsanna Tölgyesi
A graduate of Veszprém University, Zsuzsanna Tölgyesi has been involved in teaching English as a foreign language for more than 20 years. Apart from teaching, she has been a lead teacher and a mentor at Converzum. Since 2015 she has a double role as the Director of Studies and as the COO of the language school. She wrote a book on memory techniques for language learners in 2014 and has regularly held Learning Strategy trainings since then. She has been working as a Via Lingua trainer since 2001.
Course Director
Dóra Mezei
