Why write a book on multilingual education "I decided to write this book because I found myself facing the exciting and daunting prospect of raising a child in a bilingual country. As if that wasn't enough, my partner is German and I am Italian, so our child will potentially speak four languages! With Spanish and Catalan being the dominant languages in the area we live in, and Italian and German being our native languages, my partner and I knew we had a challenging but rewarding journey ahead of us.