Bilingual monkeys: ideas and inspiration for raising bilingual kids
Welcome! My name is Adam Beck and I live in Hiroshima, Japan. I came to Japan in 1996 and taught English to bilingual children at Hiroshima International School for a number of years. Since leaving the school, and pursuing a new path as a writer, I’ve continued tutoring bilingual children who live in the Hiroshima area.
I also have two bilingual children who speak Japanese and English. My daughter was born in June 2004 and my son arrived in March 2007. (My wife is Japanese and uses Japanese with them; I communicate with them in English, our minority language.)
I began this blog in September 2012 to share what I’ve learned over the years in my work as a teacher and parent, hoping this information could be useful to others on their own bilingual journey.