About this presentation:

Raising multilingual children through OPOL and CLAP

In this talk, Tetsu will discuss how he takes two simple concepts, OPOL (One Parent/Person One Language) and CLAP (Contextual Language Acquisition Philosophy), to raise multilingual children. The importance of creating an optimal environment and starting as early as possible are covered, as well as his experience with au pairs as a way to introduce languages not normally accessible easily.

About the presenter:

Tetsu Yung is well-known for his presentations on raising multilingual children at top global polyglot/language events, including the Polyglot Conference, the Montreal LangFest, LinguaHackers, etc. He is fluent in English, French, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish. As the father of 3 children, ages 5, 4 and 1, Tetsu is determined to raise his kids to become multilinguals just like himself by applying the same time-tested concepts and strategies that his parents used on him with so much success. He is the author of the eBook "Pampers to Polyglots: 7 ideas for raising multilinguals like me" and he also organizes the Montreal LangFest.