Kobe JALT:

Ideas and Inspiration for Raising Bilingual Kids

Date: Saturday, May 25th, 2013 Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Speaker: Adam Beck, author of the blog Bilingual Monkeys

Description:
Adam Beck, blogger of the popular site Bilingual Monkeys, offers ideas and inspiration for supporting the English side of bilingual children in Japan. Adam, a longtime member of JALT's Bilingualism SIG and editor of the group's monograph "The ABCs of Bilingualism," has been a teacher of bilingual children for many years in Hiroshima, first at Hiroshima International School and currently as a private tutor. He has two bilingual children, a daughter, 8, and a son, 6, who continually distract him from his work as a freelance writer.

Organization: Kobe Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Kobe JALT)

Cost: 2000 yen

Venue: KRAC (Kobe Regatta and Athletic Club), 1-20, 2-chome, Hachiman-dori Chuo-ku, Kobe. tel: 078-231-2271

Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Contact Kobe JALT

Website: www.kobejalt.org