General English

Take our General English courses with the world’s English experts and you will:

  • learn real language skills for every aspect of your everyday English through interactive lessons;
  • become more fluent and gain confidence in your speaking, listening and writing skills; build up you vocabulary and grammar and make fewer mistakes;
  • receive continuous language feedback in the classroom, complete assessed speaking and writing tasks, and get individualized feedback on your progress from the teacher;
  • be taught by highly qualified and experienced teachers

Communication Booster

Improve your speaking skills by practising a range of real-world communicative tasks relevant to every-day situations, workplace scenarios and even speaking exams such as CAE and IELTS. Examples include story-telling and discussing experiences (general), meetings and presentations (workplace), as well as short monologues and debating opinions (exam preparation). On this course you will:

  • Activate your existing English knowledge and achieve greater fluency and confidence;
  • Learn useful language related to the tasks and practice using it;
  • Get feedback on your Speaking from the teacher in real time;

The course is suitable for B2-C1 students with learning goals related to General, Business, or Exam preparation English.

Course options:

Our regular courses in General English include 36 hours of classes over 12 weeks. We also offer intensive courses covering the same content and the same number of hours but twice as fast – only for six weeks. 

Course information

  • Course format

    General English courses

    36 hours / 24 lessons, twice a week, over 12 weeks  

    General English, intensive course

    36 hours / 12 lessons, twice a week, over 6 weeks

    General English, communication booster

    18 hours / 12 lessons, twice a week, over 6 weeks

    One full academic year (3 terms) is designed to process the entire course book. Generally speaking – apart from students’ individual progress – it is recommended to complete 3 terms before moving to another level (e.g. from B1 to B2). Please note that the units of the course book are not built on one another, so it is possible to join any stage (any term) of the course during the academic year.

  • Course location

    Pest Centre - 13-14 Madách Imre street , Madách Trade Center - Building "A", Floor 2, Budapest 1075

  • Price

    General English courses (12 weeks)

    The full price of the course for one term is HUF 155,000.

    General English, intensive courses (6 weeks)

    The full price of the course for one term is HUF 155,000.

    General English, communication booster (6 weeks)

    The fee for a 6-week session is HUF 77,500.

    Instalment payments are available on selected courses – please enquire.

    Available discounts

    • Loyalty discount - 10% discount for returning students*

    The discount is available for candidates who have attended any of our previous courses in the last academic year (September 2024 - August 2025).

  • Please note that we do not offer trial classes, student allocation is based on our consulting teachers' recommendations. After registration, transfer to another level is only possible on the basis of a teacher's recommendation, we cannot consider individual requests.

Pest Centre
Terms and timetables

TERM 1: 12 September to 16 December 2025

TERM 2: 7 January to 31 March 2026

TERM 3: 8 April to 3 July 2026

Levels Days  Time 
Starter (A1) Monday and Wednesday 19:30-21:00
Elementary (A2) Tuesday and Thursday 19:30-21:00
Pre-intermediate (A2+) Monday and Wednesday 17:45-19:15
Intermediate (B1) Monday and Wednesday 19:30-21:00
Intermediate (B1) Tuesday and Thursday 17:45-19:15
Upper-intermediate (B2) Monday and Wednesday 17:45-19:15
Upper-intermediate (B2) Tuesday and Thursday 17:45-19:15
Pre-Advanced (B2+) Tuesday and Thursday 19:30-21:00
Advanced (C1) Tuesday and Thursday 17:45-19:15
Proficiency (C2) Monday and Wednesday 19:30-21:00

Intensive - Elementary

15 September - 22 October

3 November -  10 December

Monday and Wednesday 10:00-13:15 

Intensive - Pre-Intermediate

15 September - 22 October

3 November -  10 December

Monday and Wednesday 10:00-13:15 

Intensive - Intermediate

15 September - 22 October

3 November -  10 December

Monday and Wednesday 10:00-13:15 

Intensive - Upper Intermediate

16 September - 4 November

6 November - 16 December

Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-13:15 

Intensive - Advanced

16 September - 4 November

6 November - 16 December

Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-13:15 

Communication Booster

16 September - 4 November

 6 November - 16 December

Tuesday and Thursday 19:30-21:00

Please note that class timetables are subject to change.

List of public holidays and non-teaching days can be found here.

We accept the following payments:

  • electronic bank transfer using your internet banking service
  • direct debit from your bank
  • card payment at course location.

INFORMATION FOR PAYMENT VIA BANK TRANSFER

Bank: Citibank Zrt.

Bank account holder: British Council Hungary

Bank account number: 10800007-77237006-00000000

SWIFT/BIC code: CITIHUHX

IBAN code: HU46 1080 0007 7723 7006 0000 0000