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		<title>Di nuovo a scuola!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autrice: Elizabeth
Il mio soggiorno a Roma fu fantastico : certo, la città è magnifica, l&#8217;alloggio era perfetto ma sopratutto conservo il ricordo della scuola : l&#8217;ambiente tanto simpatica, Laura la nostra insegnante, che riusciva a farci studiare il congiuntivo, la concordanza dei tempi o il passato remoto in un modo ludico..è una prodezza ! Le [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Autrice: Elizabeth<br />
Il mio soggiorno a <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/rome.htm" target="_blank">Roma</a> fu fantastico : certo, la città è magnifica,<a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/accommodation.htm" target="_blank"> l&#8217;alloggio</a> era perfetto ma sopratutto conservo il ricordo della scuola : l&#8217;ambiente tanto simpatica, Laura la nostra insegnante, che riusciva a farci studiare il congiuntivo, la concordanza dei tempi o il passato remoto in un modo ludico..è una prodezza ! Le lezioni passavano troppo presto !</p>
<p>Le segretarie sempre sorridente e disponibili,  pronte per aiutarci.</p>
<p>Le visite con l&#8217;adorabile e appassionante <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/culture.htm" target="_blank">Valentina</a>, la serata da Carla per il<a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/cooking.htm" target="_blank"> corso di cucina</a>, il seminario di cucina con Angela ( vi raccomando il suo blog, è molto interessante).</p>
<p>Sono tornata in Francia da appena 2 mesi e mi mancate voi tutti&#8230;ma ritornero&#8217; a <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/rome.htm" target="_blank">Roma, </a>è sicuro&#8230;.la prova : ho fatto il gesto magico nella fontana di Trevi..come si vede sulla fotografia che aggiungo in allegato.</p>
<p>A presto.</p>
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		<title>Torre di Babele</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autore: Roderick Dirkse
Rome, een stad zoals geen ander, een stad waar alles is, cultuur, geschiedenis, kunst, parken, lekker eten, een heerlijk klimaat en leuke mensen. Geen stad is vergelijkbaar, en ik heb hier tien maanden mogen zitten om Italiaans te leren…
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Autore: Roderick Dirkse</p>
<p><a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/rome.htm" target="_blank">Rome</a>, een stad zoals geen ander, een stad waar alles is, cultuur, geschiedenis, kunst, parken, lekker eten, een heerlijk klimaat en leuke mensen. Geen stad is vergelijkbaar, en ik heb hier tien maanden mogen zitten om <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/courses.htm" target="_blank">Italiaans </a>te leren…</p>
<p>Voordat ik een school had gekozen was ik een weekje met mijn broer en zus in<a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/rome.htm"> Rome.</a> Toen ben ik drie scholen afgegaan om een weloverwogen keus te kunnen maken. Voor mij was de keus meteen al duidelijk. Toen ik <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/">Torre di Babele</a> binnenstapte, stapte ik bijzonder aangename sfeer binnen. Ik werd vriendelijk te woord gestaan, de studenten waren allemaal vrolijk, en er werd nog <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/courses.htm">Italiaans</a> gesproken ook. Zo wilde ik het hebben. Voor mij was de keus gemaakt, en daar heb ik later ook geen minuut spijt van <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/school.htm" target="_blank">gehald.</a></p>
<p>In augustus 2010 ben ik dan daadwerkelijk naar <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/" target="_blank">Torre di Babele</a> gegaan. Ze hadden mij een huis toegewezen, en ik had even contact gehad met de huisbaas en ik had netjes in mijn email alles ontvangen wat ik nodig had om goed te arriveren bij <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/accommodation.htm" target="_blank">mijn huis</a>.<br />
Bij mijn huis aangekomen had ik het niet beter kunnen treffen. Wat een gezelligheid. De eerste maanden woonde ik met twee Italiaanse jongens en een Japans meisje. Ik had specifiek ook gevraagd om met Italianen te wonen want ik wilde geen engels spreken thuis. Alleen maar <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/courses.htm" target="_blank">Italiaans</a>! Daar was ik tenslotte voor naar<a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/rome.htm" target="_blank"> Rome</a> gekomen. Afwisselend kwamen er in ons huis allemaal mensen voorbij, sommige bleven voor 2 weken, sommige voor een maand, sommige voor meer. Maar altijd was het gezellig contact, en kwam er een leuke band uit voort.<br />
Het leuke aan zo wonen is dat je met allerlei verschillende nationaliteiten te maken krijgt. Zo heb ik bijvoorbeeld een flink aantal keren met Japanse mensen gewoond, of soms met Brazilianen, Mexicanen en uiteraard veel Europeanen. Maar het leuke eraan is dat iedereen iets met zich mee brengt. Een stukje cultuur, of gewoon simpelweg een recept. Iedereen is anders, en dat is leuk. Zo heb ik vanuit allerlei landen wat meegekregen, een recept om te koken, of een mooie vriendschap. Iets wat ik nooit zal<a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/photogallery.htm" target="_blank"> vergeten</a>.</p>
<p>Dat gezegd te hebben, ik heb natuurlijk ook Italiaans geleerd. Daar kwam ik voor!<br />
Torre di Babele heeft een twee-weken-systeem. Elke twee weken op maandag begint een nieuwe cursus, en dan heb je een blokje van twee weken les, en op de laatste dag een toets. De school is opgebouwd uit 7 niveaus en daarna kan je door naar de proficiency levels.<br />
Aangezien ik nog geen word Italiaans sprak, ben ik begonnen bij livello 1. Mijn eerste les werd gegeven door een lerares genaamd Nuccia. Mede dankzij deze dame is mijn enthousiasme voor de school zo enorm. Ze gaf verschrikkelijk goed les, en het was zichtbaar dat deze lerares beschikte over een hele hoop kennis op allerlei vlakken. Dit maakte het ontzettend interessant om bij haar in de klas te zitten, en zorgde er ook voor dat je hard wilde werken. En zo zijna alle leraren op deze school. Intelligent, interessant en enthousiast. Dit zorgt ervoor dat je Italiaans leert in no-time.<br />
Zelf heb ik alle livelli gedaan op school, van 1 – 7 en superioren. Uiteraard heb ik ook een paar levels herhaald, voornamelijk omdat het voor ons wat moeilijker is dan bijvoorbeeld voor spaanse studenten, omdat wij niet het mannelijk en vrouwelijk gewend zijn in de taal. Ook heb ik een examen gedaan, genaamd <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/cils-course.htm" target="_blank">CILS</a>. Dit is een internationaal erkend examen. Hiervoor heb ik ook nog een beetje privé-les gehad op school, wat ook een optie is.</p>
<p>De scho<a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/215981_10150553741920788_616310787_18183040_2818775_n.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1324" title="215981_10150553741920788_616310787_18183040_2818775_n" src="http://www.torredibabele.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/215981_10150553741920788_616310787_18183040_2818775_n-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="98" height="98" /></a>ol zorgt ook voor veel leuke buitenschoolse tripjes en rondleidingen. Wat ook erg leuk is om te doen. Rondleidingen in <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/culture.htm" target="_blank">Rome zelf</a>, rondleidingen buiten <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/culture.htm" target="_blank">Rome</a>, rondleidingen gratis, rondleidingen betaald, een <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/cooking.htm" target="_blank">kookcursus</a>, workshops, etc. Van alles is er te doen. En altijd heel gezell</p>
<p>Al met al, <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/" target="_blank">Torre di </a><a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/" target="_blank">Babele</a>, Roma, ik zie het allemaal als een tijd om nooit te vergeten. Sterker nog, ik ben net terug uit Rome een paar weken, en in September moet ik gaan studeren. Maar voor die tijd heb ik toch nog stiekem even twee weekjes Rome geboekt. Even alle mensen opzoeken en nog even van die prachtige stad genieten, voordat we de boeken in duiken.</p>
<p>Ciao Roma</p>
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		<title>Un  Americano a Roma</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autore: Jonny Phipps
To say the least, my experience here in Rome hasn’t been very typical. Not in a negative way but more along the lines of an experience of a lifetime that I will never forget for the rest of my life. In fact, I’ve even been considering living in Italy but, that’s beside the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Autore: Jonny Phipps</p>
<p>To say the least, my experience here in <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/rome.htm" target="_blank">Rome</a> hasn’t been very typical. Not in a negative way but more along the lines of an experience of a lifetime that I will never forget for the rest of my life. In fact, I’ve even been considering living in Italy but, that’s beside the point!</p>
<p>With all that being said I would like to begin my story with a short description of who I am and why I am here at Torre di Babele. I will be in my last year at the University of Dayton (in Ohio), studying International Studies with a specialization in Marketing and Human Resources. I have been learning Italian for 2 years now at my University which is why I wanted to come to <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/" target="_blank">Torre di Babele </a>in order to improve my<a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/courses.htm" target="_blank"> Italian speaking </a>and writing skills. Last summer I was only here for 5 weeks but fortunately I was able to come back and I have been here since May 12<sup>th</sup>.</p>
<p>Although traveling with a group of students from my University seemed like fun, I really wanted to venture off and try something new on my own. At<a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/school.htm"></a><a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/" target="_blank"> Torre di Babele</a> I was able to leave my comfort zone and meet so many different people from all around the world. Even though it seemed hard at first I quickly adjusted to being on my own and to meeting new people. By doing this I was able to grow as a person and look at the world from many different views.<br />
Life here in <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/rome.htm" target="_blank">Rome</a> couldn’t be more than anything I’d ask for. What really makes <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/" target="_blank">Rome</a> different is the blend of modernity and history along with the traditional Italian culture. From the beautiful museums, parks, and historic monuments to the ice cream shops, pizzerias, and discotecas there is always something exciting and different to discover each and every day.<br />
At <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/" target="_blank">Torre di Babele</a> I’ve had the opportunity to accomplish so many things and meet so many new people. Not only have I been successful in learning the language I’ve also been able to form many new relationships with people from all around the world. <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/courses.htm" target="_blank">Learning the language</a> was very important as well as being able to experience the Italian culture but to embrace other cultures was also something that meant a lot to me. I only have 3 weeks left here in Rome but I am sure they will be the most unforgettable weeks of my trip.</p>
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		<title>Io e la Torre di Babele</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 11:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autore: Teresa Escribano
Ho conosciuto Torre di Babele tramite la mia scuola di lingua a Saragozza,  in Spagna. Dall&#8217;inizio mi sono interessata ad andarci dato che era l&#8217;unica che  mi offriva un corso con una durata di sei mesi a Roma.
Adesso che il mio soggiorno sta per finire posso dire che ho fatto la [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/teresa+laura-002.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1304" title="teresa+laura 002" src="http://www.torredibabele.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/teresa+laura-002-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Autore: Teresa Escribano</p>
<div>Ho conosciuto <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/courses.htm" target="_blank">Torre di Babele </a>tramite la mia <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/" target="_blank">scuola di lingua</a> a Saragozza,  in Spagna. Dall&#8217;inizio mi sono interessata ad andarci dato che era l&#8217;unica che  mi offriva <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/courses.htm">un corso</a> con una durata di sei mesi a Roma.</div>
<div>Adesso che il mio soggiorno sta per finire posso dire che ho fatto la  scelta giusta. C&#8217;è stata una buona organizzazione sia della <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/acc-prices.htm" target="_blank">proprietaria della  mia casa</a> che della scuola, ho partecipato alle lezioni dinamiche e divertenti e  ho goduto delle attività culturali accompagnata da guide turistiche. Senza  dubbio questo periodo è stato uno dei più gradevoli della mia vita. Faccio  complimenti a tutti per il loro lavoro.</div>
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		<title>Situational Italian &#8211; Conjugation of the Italian Verbs in IRE</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello out there&#8230;!
I think is should begin this post by apologizing for the delay on publishing this new Italian video lesson. As many of you probably already know, I have 10 different hats at Torre di Babele. To list some: webmaster, SEO, Project Manager e e-Marketing Manager. Lately, I&#8217;ve put all my energies in finishing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello out there&#8230;!<br />
I think is should begin this post by apologizing for the delay on publishing this new Italian video lesson. As many of you probably already know, I have 10 different hats at Torre di Babele. To list some: webmaster, SEO, Project Manager e e-Marketing Manager. Lately, I&#8217;ve put all my energies in finishing up a fantastic new enrollment application for all you Italian learners out there.</p>
<p>Next time you come back to Rome, you can register, in 3 easy steps, in your own language and with an encrypted connection to send your personal data and payments. We just published it in 5 different languages to begin. I guess you guys know how much work we really put in it once you have visited the link below. Furthermore, it was so much much fun to develop it with the guys at <a href="http://www.hypercube.it">Hypercube</a>! So go check it out&#8230; and please tell me what you like or dislike&#8230; I&#8217;m open to all suggestions!</p>
<p><a title="Italian courses enrollment" href="https://www.torredibabele.com/secure">e-Enrollment Application for Torre di Babele&#8217;s Italian Courses</a></p>
<p>Now&#8230;! Back to the real topic of this blogpost: Situational Italian. There&#8217;s is no better way to learn that by understanding situations. Alvise, acts pretty well on this one. I think you guys (and girls, to be politically correct) will  enjoy his acting skills and agree with me. Pretty good, isn&#8217;t he? Well more on that on the comments sections. You can judge this video lesson as much as you want down there.</p>
<p>The conjugation of the verbs with ending in IRE is quite difficult in Italian. At least it was for me at the beginning of my learning curve. There&#8217;s so much I&#8217;ve learned from different languages, and most of the time I use similarities among languages to learn faster, but I couldn&#8217;t find any for this part of the Italian language.</p>
<p>So with no further a due, here it is&#8230; Alvise teaching you to <strong>conjugate the verbs in IRE in the present tense</strong>. I know this is not advance material as some of you have requested, but <strong>we need to learn to crawl before we walk</strong>. So to all newbies in the Italian language, squeeze all the knowledge you can out of this one. Repeat it as much as you want! It&#8217;s free, ain&#8217;t it?</p>
<p>Regards from the Eternal city&#8230;. by the way.. spring had a great start in Rome&#8230; I bet this summer is going to be amazing! I honestly wish I will have some free time to enjoy Rome in its greatest season: <strong>SUMMER TIME!!! L&#8217;ESTATE ROMANA</strong></p>
<p>Jesus D. Hernandez<br />
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		<title>Regular Verbs Conjugations in Italian (Present Tense)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi there!
We have finally finished the second free Italian video lesson. It took us awhile. I know&#8230; many of you were asking via e-mail, some even by phone, when the next video lesson was going to be online.
First, I would like to thank David, Sina, Alexandra, Susa, Wing and Eva for publicly commenting and advising us on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there!<br />
We have finally finished the second <strong>free Italian video lesson</strong>. It took us awhile. I know&#8230; many of you were asking via e-mail, some even by phone, when the next video lesson was going to be online.</p>
<p>First, I would like to thank David, Sina, Alexandra, Susa, Wing and Eva for publicly commenting and advising us on many issues that they noticed about  the format of the previous video (<a title="Reflexive Verbs in Italian" href="http://www.torredibabele.com/blog/reflexive-verbs-italian/" target="_self">Reflexive Verbs in Italian</a>). We also took at heart the suggestions that arrived by e-mail from other ex-students of Torre di Babele and certainly those of the growing community of Italian language learners.</p>
<p>By a show of hands! In this case a show of e-mails, we decided to take it <strong>down to the basics</strong>. So here it&#8217;s the <strong>Conjugations of Regular Verbs in the Present Tense</strong>. If you want to speak Italian you have to know the verbs very well. Without verbs our sentences will have no meaning, usually end up being fragments. In Italian there are three groups of verbs. You can distinguish them from their forms in infinitive: -are, -ere, -ire.</p>
<p><strong>First Conjugation &#8211;      e.g.: PARLARE.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Second Conjugation &#8211;  e.g.: PRENDERE</strong></p>
<p><strong>Third Conjugation &#8211;    e.g.: DORMIRE</strong></p>
<h2>What will you learn in this Italian video lesson?</h2>
<p>Alvise will show you how you can conjugate regular verbs in the simple present tense. Afterwards you can download the PDF file. We have included two different exercises that deal with the conjugation of regular verbs, plus the respective key to those exercises so that you can track your progress.</p>
<h3>Buon lavoro!!</h3>
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<p>You can download the exercise and solution file for this video with the following link:</p>
<h4><a title="Download Regular Verbs Conjugation Exercise" href="http://www.torredibabele.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/italian-verbs-conjugation-present-tense-excersize-key.pdf"><img class="size-full wp-image-283 alignleft" title="small-pdf" src="http://www.torredibabele.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/small-pdf.png" alt="small-pdf" width="31" height="39" />Regular Verbs in Italian<br />
Exercise and Key</a></h4>
<p>Finally, if you like what you have learned, use the share buttons at the bottom of this post to tell your friends about these free video series. There are direct links the most known social networks. As usual, please use the comment section to let us know your thoughts. If you have a particular suggestion, please use the online suggestion form that we have published on the <a href="http://www.torredibabele.com/blog/learn-italian-online" target="_self">learn italian online</a> page of this blog.</p>
<p>Regards from the Eternal City,</p>
<p>J<br />
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		<title>Reflexive Verbs in Italian</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here it is! The first video of hopefully a series of videos to aid Italian language learners around the globe to learn Italian or simply clarify their doubts about single topics of the Italian language.
After consulting the students at Torre di Babele, we decided to begin with one of the topics that cause them [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So here it is! <strong>The first video</strong> of hopefully a series of videos to<strong> aid Italian language learners around the globe</strong> to learn Italian or simply clarify their doubts about single topics of the Italian language.</p>
<p>After consulting the students at Torre di Babele, we decided to begin with one of the topics that cause them the most trouble, <strong>reflexive verbs</strong>. In Italian the use of reflexive verbs is rather common when it comes to daily actions. Reflexive verbs require the use of reflexive pronouns for instance, <strong>&#8220;mi&#8221;, &#8220;ti&#8221;, and &#8220;si&#8221;</strong>. Ok&#8230; ok&#8230;! I&#8217;ll shut up, at let Alvise explain it to you.</p>
<p>I hope you like it. We look forward to reading lots of comments on this blog post. We will need your input to meet your needs, so don&#8217;t hesitate to add your suggestion for new topics or improvements to be developed on these videos. For suggestions you can also use the form on the index of <a title="Index of Online resources to learn italian" href="http://www.torredibabele.com/blog/learn-italian-online" target="_self">Italian Online Resources</a>.</p>
<p>P.S. I almost forgot&#8230; the videos show a hint of our <strong>teaching method</strong>, a direct approach to Italian, <strong>no translations!</strong></p>
<h2>Are you ready to learn Italian?</h2>
<h3>Enjoy the Lesson!</h3>
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<p>You can download the exercise and solution file for this video with the following link:</p>
<h4><a title="Download Reflexive Verbs Exercise" href="http://www.torredibabele.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/reflexive-verbs-in-italian-excersize-key.pdf"><img class="size-full wp-image-283 alignleft" title="small-pdf" src="http://www.torredibabele.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/small-pdf.png" alt="small-pdf" width="31" height="39" />Reflexive Verbs<br />
Exercise and Key</a></h4>
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