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taormina taormina is full of history and cultura it is famous because of its beauty its incredible history and architecture and its reputation for welcoming travellers taormina is perfectly situated to offer students easy access to the beautiful and historically important treasures of sicily the right place for combining study and holiday the town of taormina is an important archaeological and historical location the greeks fathers of italian and european culture established the first colony in italy here in the bay of naxos here is one of the most famous greek theatres in the world the town is like a treasure chest of history walking along its main street corso umberto a maze of narrow staircased streets and small beautiful squares you find theatre and gymnasium of the greek age odeon and baths of the roman age beautiful buildings in which the arab and norman cultures melt together in a memorable sense of bellezza traces of the byzantine domination and beautiful villas which belonged
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our school babilonia is situated in the heart of taormina the scuola is housed in a four storey ixx building which faces the community tennis courts the lush public gardens the magnificent blue bay of naxos and the coastline of the ionian sea as far as impressive mount etna in 1992 we thought to offer italian language students easy access to the beautiful and historically important treasures of sicily as an alternative to the main destinations in italy and the opportunity to get to know the place where the roots of italian culture live our school is accreditata by the italian ministry of education i.a.l.c international association of language centres a.s.i.l.s association of schools of italian as second language the university for foreigners of perugia as authorised exam centre the university ca foscari of venice as teacher training centre for graduating teachers of italian as foreign language master itals agency for higher education for c.s.n for loans and grants to students in
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method goals the babilonia program has been developed from a communicative based approach and focuses on the four language abilities listening speaking reading writing our first goal is communication both oral and written our standard group course is divided into two parts 2 hours of language analisi followed by 2 hours of practice with communicative tasks the analytical activities part includes controlled oral and written work while the communicative tasks part involves listening and reading comprehension and free oral and written activities the instructors rotate weekly to add variety and interest to the group dynamic grammatical strutture are presented in order of frequency and relative complexity the material is always introduced in some form of authentic text newspaper or magazine article taped dialogue video-taped situation letter short story etc progress is monitored and all teachers meet weekly to facilitate organization and ensure proper student placement there is a maximum
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courses of italian group courses semi-standard course 2 hours per day language analysis or communicative tasks standard course 4 hours per day language analysis communicative tasks standard plus course 4 hours per day language analysis communicative tasks plus 1 hour individual lesson per day intensive course 6 hours per day language analysis communicative tasks designed for those who want to study only 2 hours per day focusing on language analysis activities or communicative tasks designed for those who want a complete language experience studying 4 hours per day focusing on language analysis activities and communicative tasks designed for those who beyond the advantages of the standard group course want to have an extra individual hour one-to-one especially devoted to their individual language needs designed for those who want to have a more intensive group course to strengthen their abilities in a shorter time more information on the structure of the courses dates for celi exam
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extra-curricular activities our school offers a scheduled program of free extra-curricular activities which are included in the price of the course allowing you to have a richer experience with the language and the culture these activities may include but are not limited to films games and seminari our weekly seminars cover a variety of subjects from italian literature and poetry on specific subjects including history politics social life cuisine etc in addition to our complimentary extra-curricular activities babilonia also offers paid guided escursioni usually every other weekend or occasionally in the afternoon we try to take students to the truly special places off the beaten track the places known more by locals than by tour buses and travel agencies students can very easily go to the main sites with the excursions organized by the many travel agencies located in taormina in our program we also offer many social activities such as dinners theatre performances and concerti organize
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how to get to taormina closest airport closest train station catania giardini-naxos milano firenze how far is taormina from by plane roma milan florence 1hr 1.75 hrs 1.20 hrs to catania airport by train 10 hrs 16 hrs 12 hrs by car 8 hrs 15 hrs 10 hrs roma getting from the airport by bus taormina there is a bus service from the airport to taormina that takes approximately 90-minutes tickets may be purchased at the airport or at the bus station and buses leave nearly every hour during high season and obviously less during low season taormina bus station is a 5 minute walk from the centre of town we offer an airport pick-up service from catania airport to taormina this service must be reserved at least one week in advance of arrival all flight changes or delayed flights must be communicated immediately and directly to the service direct telephone number information will be provided by the school after booking this service is not cancellable within 48 hours of your arrival taxi airport pi
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ministero della pubblica istruzione presa dallatto prot 15746 international association of language centres association of schools of italian as second language freie und hansestadt hamburg bildungsurlaub swedish national agency for higher education hÖgskoleverket university for foreigners of perugia via del ginnasio 20 98039 taormina italia tel/fax 39 0942 23441 info@babilonia.it www.babilonia.it
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