Best English Lessons Budapest Near Me

4worldlovers:
We are a unique institution in Budapest: a mini British school, running an innovative programme for students who attend non-English speaking schools. ESB allows children to gain all the benefits that the Hungarian education system offers, but combines this with a British education.


Our school was founded with a basic principle in mind: the very best combination of British and Hungarian education.


Every single teacher in our school is a native English speaker. This helps children getting familiar with the perfect pronunciation but teachers also bring in their own unique cultural elements to the classroom.

We teach English Language and Literacy to children aged 4 to 18. There are classes for second language learners (all levels), native speaker children (all ages) and exam classes (B2 & C1) for teenagers.


ESB has two school locations: in II district at 2-4 Tárogató út which is at the bottom of Hüvösvölgyi út, close to Pasaréti tér and the Budagyöngye shopping centre. The second location is at Apor Vilmos Ter in district XII, close to MOM shopping centre.

We are proud to have a teaching staff that is young, enthusiastic and very, very friendly!

Full time dedicated, qualified teachers - our unique strength is that our team can fully focus on teaching only

Teachers are continuously trained throughout the year - our staff are coached by Hungary's leading thinker, speaker and trainer who has a great knowledge about teaching second language students

We are specialists, dedicated to teaching English only - our curriculum, support materials, staff are all chosen with this speciality in mind. We are experts at what we do. Teaching children English is the only thing we do!

Lisa Gillespie is Canadian born and after graduating in the USA, moved to London to teach the National Curriculum for England. Since 2017 Lisa is part of the ESB team!

I have a passion for teaching young learners and I truly believe that each child is a unique individual and deserves the chance to learn and explore all the different things our world has to offer!

Students will find every material readily available to further deepen their knowledge.

We use a progressive reading programme that provides complete support for primary reading

Several programmes are organised over the year to allow a broader range of experiences through events, typical of a UK school.

Hello! We are looking forward to meeting you in person – until then, here is our short introduction.

Let us show you how we can help besides teaching English!

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We know it is not easy. Read our director's message for you

Through our years of experience, we learned what parents are struggling with… and we are here to help!

As a father of 5 children my main parental role has been the family taxi driver. Barely appreciated by my 5 loyal clients and not even a hint of a tip!

Although they have now grown up, the weekly schedule of trying to plan everybody’s after school schedule was a challenge. Football, fencing, folk dancing and a continuing list of absolutely “Daddy, I have to go to…” activities, all impossibly available for the same afternoon. We taxi drivers are stressed!!

At ESB we recognise these dilemmas and have 20 different classes from Monday to Saturday at two different locations to give parents the greatest number of options.

Our classrooms at Tarogato u ( II) and Apor Vilmos ter ( XII) are planned to be no more than 10 minutes drive from your Buda home or school. Of course we will recommend which classes are best for your children but importantly, there is a choice.

Squeezing in yet another extra curricular activity for your children is not easy but we are happy to help!

Our locations at 2nd and 12nd district were carefully selected with the purpose of not being more then 10 minutes drive from your local Buda home or school.

We offer 20 different classes from Monday to Saturday at 2 locations to give parents the greatest number of options.

4worldlovers: Your first lesson (90 minutes) is absolutely FREE, you don’t risk anything!

The course plan is adjusted to YOUR very own needs, not the other way around

Your Hungarian teacher is native, professional Hungarian as a second language teacher

You can also start learning Hungarian in small private groups of maximum 4 persons

Learn Hungarian in a beautiful environment in the hills of Buda

My daughter and I studied together with Eva for two weeks. The online lessons were great. Eva was enthusiastic, well prepared and flexible in scheduling lessons. She asked us questions and guided us through responses, which built up our listening and conversational skills. Two weeks is such a short time, but we wanted to learn as much Hungarian as we could when we were in the Budapest together. Eva really helped us towards this goal. We hope to study with her again.

Part language teacher, part language psychologist, Éva has helped me progress in my language learning by leaps and bounds. She has the right amount of "You can do this" mixed with "You are capable of more." Instead of calling out deficiencies in demoralizing ways or ignoring obvious gaps, Éva was able to help me move forward at a brisk, but not overwhelming pace. Her methods incorporated the real life schedule of a busy ex-pat without moving away from an appropriate time table for language acquisition. The time and money invested in my language learning with Éva was time and money well spent.

Éva is an exceptional teacher and makes the lessons interesting and fun. I would highly recommend anyone looking to learn Hungarian to take lessons with Éva

Communication and talking, basic conversations were most important at the lessons – for the first time I feel like I really learnt some useful stuff.

When I go to our lessons, I feel like I am meeting a very good friend

I was always bad at grammar and languages, but Évi is really patient with me and she speaks very clearly. I still make mistakes, but now I see the structure better and I am not afraid to talk, which is the best result for me ever!

Start your Hungarian learning journey by booking a free first lesson with me:

I am sure you have noticed that Hungarian is nothing like any other language in Europe. Since it does not resemble Germanic, Latin or Slavic languages, people who attempt to learn it would call Hungarian difficult. But what this only shows is that it’s different, not difficult. You’ll be forced to really think outside the box, sure, but is it mission impossible? Not in the slightest.

Hungarian is part of the Finnougrian language family and uses no genders (phew!). However it adjusts affixes and in divides definite and indefinite conjugation. So you can state that Hungarian differs in its grammar from most languages. All these possibly unfamiliar elements in Hungarian structure originate from a different language philosophy. This is also the reason why learning Hungarian can enrich you in more ways than simply speaking a new language.

When you speak another language, you also start to think in another language, maybe even have a different voice when pronouncing. Studies have shown that alternative parts of the brain might activate when speaking your native and when speaking foreign languages. The amount of difference depends on how much you need to “rewire” your brain, how many new moves it takes to learn from this language. Well, Hungarian has quite a few tricks to teach your hypothalamus.

You can exercise pronouncing new sounds, understanding new shades of a certain expression, or deducting the meaning of a slang phrase on your own. I won’t lie, you will need to hit the books from time to time. But why not try and watch your favorite series dubbed in Hungarian with subtitles? The key is not to let yourself despair and find the enjoyment in this wonderful experience.