Mihály Köntös

Mihály Köntös lives in Krakow, but he grew up and pursued his high school and university studies in Hungary. He has an MA in English and Hungarian language teaching. In the BA training, he majored in English Studies with translation specialization. Over the years he has gained experience in language teaching, translation, and culture management.

His scientific interests include language teaching methods, history of language teaching, vocabulary studies (vocabulary retention), English language teaching, Hungarian as a foreign language. In 2023, he decided to follow up on his initial research into the role of translation in foreign language learning and teaching. Currently, he continues with his investigation as a PhD student at the University of the National Education Commission, Krakow. In his project, he sets out to validate previous findings on the effectiveness of translation tasks in the foreign language classroom, with special emphasis on vocabulary retention and raising cultural awareness through translation.

As he strongly believes in interdisciplinary approaches, he is looking forward to working with researchers from various fields. He is also hoping to extend his research to different settings and student groups.