Ildikó Furka is a senior lecturer of the Centre for Modern Languages at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences (Budapest University of Technology and Economics). She is working on identifying organizational and educational values to see where assistance might be needed to bridge any gaps in the teaching and learning styles of instructors and international students. She is currently researching higher education language learners’ motivation to start and/or continue to study languages in an era where artificial intelligence might render foreign language knowledge redundant. She also assists with communicative strategies for students to manage cross-cultural communication breakdowns. She is also supporting faculty and university leadership to foster the successful integration of international students at BME.