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We are very honored to have Adam Beck, founder of the influential blog "Bilingual Monkeys" and the lively forum "The Bilingual Zoo", as well as author of "Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability", "Bilingual Success Stories Around the World", and the playful picture book "I WANT TO BE BILINGUAL!" as our guest on Raising Multilinguals LIVE!

Adam has raised two trilingual children in Japanese, English, and Spanish, and shares with us the key attitudes and actions that can enable parents to maximize the success and joy of their bilingual or multilingual journey.

What got Adam Beck started on the bilingual journey 2:54
What would you add to your book "Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability"? 14:52
What have been the major challenges whilst raising your children in Japan with English, Japanese and Spanish? 21:48
About the book Adam wrote with his son 50:55
What's next? 1:01:39




The post Adam mentions in the interview is:
"Forget Fluency! Instead, Make This Your Goal When Raising Bilingual Kids"
https://bilingualmonkeys.com/forget-f...


About Rita, Ute and Tetsu:
https://linktr.ee/raisingmultilinguals

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Bio of Adam Beck:
Adam Beck is the author of the popular books "Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability" (https://bilingualmonkeys.com/maximize...) and "Bilingual Success Stories Around the World" (https://bilingualmonkeys.com/bilingua..., praised worldwide by parents and leaders in the field of child bilingualism for their practical and empowering approach to the bilingual aim. He is also the author of the playful "picture book for adults" titled I WANT TO BE BILINGUAL! (illustrated by Pavel Goldaev; https://bilingualmonkeys.com/i-want-t..., which emphasizes the most important information parents need for realizing joyful success on a bilingual journey.

Adam is the founder of the influential blog "Bilingual Monkeys" (https://bilingualmonkeys.com) and the lively forum "The Bilingual Zoo" ( http://bilingualzoo.com). Along with his books and his online writing, he provides empowering support to bilingual and multilingual families through personal coaching, online and off, and through speaking appearances at conferences and workshops worldwide.

An educator for over 30 years, Adam has worked with hundreds of bilingual and multilingual children as a classroom teacher and private tutor. Originally from the United States, he has lived in Hiroshima, Japan since 1996 and is raising two trilingual children in Japanese, English, and Spanish. He attended college in New York, graduate school in San Francisco, and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Czech Republic, where he taught English at the University of West Bohemia in the city of Plzen.
Adam also has a background in theater arts and worked for many years in children's theater as a director and playwright. He is the author of the award-winning humorous novel for children and adults titled "How I Lost My Ear" (illustrated by Simon Farrow), which critics have called "an extraordinary imaginative achievement" and compared to "the best of Roald Dahl."