International Storytelling Festival in Alden Biesen Storytelling in

International Storytelling Festival in Alden Biesen

Storytelling in Alden Biesen • • Storytellers from different countries Native speakers, no translation 9 days of storytelling For pupils, students, adult learners & family audience

Pupils & Students • 110 schools 13 000 students • 4 languages in Flemish school curriculum - 12 Dutch - 16 Dutch or bilingual + 16 Dutch, English, French or German

Adult education • Evening classes foreign languages 2000 adults • Native speakers for the German, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian classes • Flemish storyteller for immigrant groups who learn Dutch as a foreign language.

Teacher training • TT primary education 600 students • Attend sessions for children and sessions in foreign language • Workshop for Erasmus module • TT secondary education – language department 200 students

Weekend: families & adults • • • Story walks Multilingual story telling evenings Aperitif sessions Street theatre International programme

2011 • 42 story tellers • 215 hours of storytelling • 19. 500 tickets The largest storytelling festival in Europe!

STORYTELLING CASTLE • • Expertise Support Networking Training & master classes FEST Comenius and Grundvig Sheherazade

More info: Coordinator: guy. tilkin@alden-biesen. be http: //www. alden-biesen. be /vertelfestival/enindex. html Programme: katrijn. beelen@cjsm. vlaanderen. be

Final Seminar 27 th October 2011 Bologna, Italy Project number 1 43337 -LLP-1 -2008 -1 – DE -KA 2 NW 11