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Recommended Resources: Books on Bilingual Acquisition by Prominent Researcher Annick De Houwer

June 22, 2016

Want to learn more about the science behind your child’s bilingual development? You won’t find a more knowledgeable guide than Annick De Houwer. Dr. De Houwer, a professor of language acquisition and multilingualism at the University of Erfurt in Germany, is a leading scholar and researcher in the field of early child bilingualism and has written two excellent textbooks on the subject. Her work, in fact, has greatly enriched my own thinking and writing when it comes to the practical

My Favorite Metaphor for Raising Bilingual Children

June 1, 2016

Note: Today’s post is from the preface to my book Maximize Your Child’s Bilingual Ability: Ideas and inspiration for even greater success and joy raising bilingual kids, available worldwide at Amazon and other retailers. Not far from my house in Hiroshima, Japan are several wide rice paddies nestled among apartment buildings and homes. In the autumn these fields are thick with tall, green stalks, nodding their heavy loads of rice. Growing a good crop of rice isn’t easy. Rice farmers

Raising a Bilingual Child? Raise the Odds of Success for Your Family!

May 11, 2016

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. —Nido Quebein Think of it this way: Raising a child to be bilingual is about odds and each family’s odds of success will be higher or lower depending on their particular circumstances and how proactive they are about shaping these conditions in effective ways. My experience as a teacher at Hiroshima International School demonstrates that the odds of a Japanese child successfully becoming bilingual are

BREAKING NEWS: Maximize Your Child’s Bilingual Ability Now Available in Paperback in Europe, Canada

May 8, 2016

45 Key Questions Every Parent Raising a Bilingual Child Should Ask

May 2, 2016

1. What are the benefits, to your mind, in raising a bilingual child? For the child? For you? For your family, near and far? For others? For the world? (Perspective 2 and Perspective 30) 2. How strongly do you believe that your actions each day—even your small actions—make an important difference to the larger success of your bilingual quest? (Perspective 3) 3. Which of your current circumstances are favorable for your success? Which circumstances are less favorable? How will you

Maximize Your Child’s Bilingual Ability: New Book Now Available Worldwide

April 27, 2016

Friends, it’s finally here! And it’s available worldwide, in paperback and as an e-book! This is the front cover… Get it now at Amazon. And here’s the back cover… Learn more about it.

“Maximize Your Child’s Bilingual Ability”: Start Reading It Today!

January 20, 2016

UPDATE FOR APRIL 2016: Maximize Your Child’s Bilingual Ability is now available worldwide, as both a paperback and e-book. Just click on the image below to get your copy. As many of you know, I’ve been working on a book about raising bilingual children to bring together the best of my experience over the past 20 years as a teacher and parent of bilingual kids. In fact, it’s taken a lot longer to write this book than I had anticipated—well

Early Praise for the New Book “Maximize Your Child’s Bilingual Ability”

December 29, 2015

Update: Click the image below to get your copy of the book! You may recall that one of my resolutions for 2015 was “Finish and share my book Maximize Your Child’s Bilingual Ability.” Frankly, this book consumed much of my energy this year—and has been in the making for years before that—but I’m happy to report that I’ve nearly achieved my aim. Over the past few months I’ve been finalizing the manuscript, and a key part of this process has

Free E-Book for Parents Raising Bilingual Children from Adam Beck, the Founder of Bilingual Monkeys and The Bilingual Zoo

July 15, 2015

In spring 2014, I released the e-book Instant Inspiration for Parents Raising Bilingual Kids. The response to this unique resource was very positive and I’m so thankful to all those who made a contribution, in exchange for the e-book, to help support my work at Bilingual Monkeys and The Bilingual Zoo. As promised, 100% of these funds have gone toward maintaining and enhancing these two websites. Meanwhile, I’ve also heard from some parents who wanted a copy of the e-book

Recommended Resources: “Family Language Learning” by Christine Jernigan

May 13, 2015

Through my interactions at this blog and at The Bilingual Zoo, it’s clear that there are many, many parents who are not native speakers of a certain language but want to nurture ability in that language in their children. In some cases, the parent already has some proficiency in the target language; in other cases, the parent doesn’t speak the language but hopes that the family can learn it together. In both cases, here’s a new book I wholeheartedly recommend:

Recommended Resources: “Bringing up a Bilingual Child” by Rita Rosenback

November 26, 2014

For new parents largely unfamiliar with the terrain of raising bilingual children, the prospect of embarking on this long journey can feel pretty daunting. Where do they begin? One good place to start would be Bringing up a Bilingual Child by Rita Rosenback, the blogger behind the warm, supportive site Multilingual Parenting. Her insightful, reader-friendly guide, which includes useful exercises and materials for thoughtful planning, can serve as a reliable road map for the new traveler. Rita, who was born