English for fun
We offer various online applications and English programmes here.
We guarantee learning English is fun at the British Council.
Mobile applications for smartphones
Big City Small World - audio soap for learners of English,
60 Second Word Challenge - fun vocabulary quiz,
MyWordBook - interactive vocabulary,
WordShake - game with words.
Word on the Street TV Series
Word on the Street is an exciting new English Language teaching programme co-produced by the BBC and the British Coluncil. The
TV series takes you to places like Loch Ness, Oxford or Camden Town at London.
Online learning
Learn English with the help of our free
LearnEnglish website from the British Council with games, stories, listening activities and grammar exercises. Join the LearnEnglish community on Facebook too!
British cultural programmes
Practise your English outside the classroom in an entertaining way: visit the
Trafó and
Merlin theatres, listen to
Selector on MR2 Radio every Saturday, and read
Funzine, an English language listings magazine.
Programmes in English
Meet foreigners and Hungarians living in Budapest, and discuss intercultural issues at the
Budapest Melting Pot. Come and join us at
European Language Cocktail Bar on 22 September to mix a language cocktail.
British Council community
Join the community of 8,000 fans of British culture on our
Facebook page. Meet and talk to new like-minded people in English at our
Speakers’ Corner, and follow what's hot in UK literature at our
Readers’ Corner.
