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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|67 pages
Frameworks of Language Brokering
part II|87 pages
Family Dynamics
chapter 4|23 pages
Friendly Takeover
chapter 6|21 pages
Arab Americans’ Brokering in a Context of Tension and Stereotypes
part III|83 pages
Applied Contexts and Settings
chapter 9|25 pages
Theorizing Child Language Brokering
part IV|61 pages
Parents’ Roles and Emerging Adult Language Brokers