2. International Storytelling Festival in Alden Biesen

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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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

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

8. 2011 42 story tellers 215 hours of storytelling 19.500 tickets The largest storytelling festival in Europe!

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

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

11. 11 Final Seminar 27 th October 2011 Bologna, Italy Project number 1 43337-LLP-1 -2008-1 – DE -KA2-KA2NW