Adam Beck > Quotes

“It’s true, the older I grow, the more conscious I seem to become of how brief our lives really are, but I know I can still do better at appreciating the people in my life while we have this fleeting chance to be together.”
― Adam Beck, Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability

“TV, as a supplement to other activities, can certainly be a helpful component, but in order to foster active ability, a significant amount of this exposure must be active. In other words, interaction with the language, involving flesh-and-blood human beings, is the key to effective language development.”
― Adam Beck, Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability

“In the time of your life—live! —William Saroyan”
― Adam Beck, Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability

“The more serious you are about the aim, and the more playful you are about the approach, the more progress you’ll likely make on your bilingual journey.”
― Adam Beck, Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability

“What do I write about? Basically, whatever happens to be bubbling in my mind at the time, but my short entries seem to be mostly about these three things: 1. Observations of their language development 2. Observations of their personal traits and interests 3. Noteworthy incidents and experiences”
― Adam Beck, Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability

“To become actively bilingual, the child must receive sufficient exposure to the minority language and feel a genuine need to use it expressively.”
― Adam Beck, Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability

“No matter what it is we want a child to acquire—and that includes developing active ability in another language—the most effective way forward involves inspiring joy in the experience of that area of knowledge or skill.”
― Adam Beck, Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability

“the ideal formula for nurturing good bilingual ability in a child involves being both extremely serious about the aim, and yet extremely playful about the approach.”
― Adam Beck, Maximize Your Child's Bilingual Ability