ABSTRACT

Language Brokering in Immigrant Families: Theories and Contexts brings together an international group of researchers to share their findings on language brokering—when immigrant children translate for their parents and other adults. Given the large amount of immigration occurring worldwide, it is important to understand how language brokering may support children’s and families’ acculturation to new countries. The chapter authors include overviews of the existing literature, insights from multiple disciplines, the potential benefits and drawbacks to language brokering, and the contexts that may influence children, adolescents, and emerging adults who language broker. With the latest findings, the authors theorize on how language brokering may function and the outcomes for those who do so.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

part II|87 pages

Family Dynamics

chapter 4|23 pages

Friendly Takeover

Predictors and Effects of Language Brokering Among Diaspora Immigrants in Germany

chapter 6|21 pages

Arab Americans’ Brokering in a Context of Tension and Stereotypes

“It’s Just a Head-Cover. Get Over It!”

part III|83 pages

Applied Contexts and Settings

part IV|61 pages

Parents’ Roles and Emerging Adult Language Brokers

chapter 12|23 pages

Immigrant Parents’ Language Brokering Practices

A Taxonomy of Interlingual and Intralingual Brokering Strategies

chapter 13|24 pages

Turning Points and Tensions

Emerging Adulthood for Language Brokers