International Storytelling Festival in Alden Biesen

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:

[email protected]

http://www.alden-biesen.be

/vertelfestival/enindex.html

Programme:

[email protected]

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Final Seminar27th October 2011

Bologna, ItalyProject number 1 43337-LLP-1 -2008-1 – DE -KA2-KA2NW