Language Brokering In Immigrant Families

Author : Robert S. Weisskirch
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317289845

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Language Brokering in Immigrant Families by Robert S. Weisskirch Pdf

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.

Author : Robert S. Weisskirch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Children of immigrants
ISBN : 1138185116

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Language Brokering in Immigrant Families by Robert S. Weisskirch Pdf

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.

Author : Steven Alvarez
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438467191

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Brokering Tareas by Steven Alvarez Pdf

Provides concrete examples of homework mentorship and positive academic interventions among immigrant families. Brokering Tareas examines a grassroots literacy mentoring program that connected immigrant parents with English language mentors who helped emerging bilingual children with homework and encouraged positive academic attitudes. Steven Alvarez gives an ethnographic account of literacies practices, language brokering, advocacy, community-building, and mentorship among Mexican-origin families at a neighborhood afterschool program in New York City. Alvarez argues that engaging literacy mentorship across languages can increase parental involvement and community engagement among immigrant families, and he offers teachers and researchers possibilities for rethinking their own practices with the communities of their bilingual students.

Author : Marjorie Faulstich Orellana
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0813548632

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Translating Childhoods by Marjorie Faulstich Orellana Pdf

Though the dynamics of immigrant family life has gained attention from scholars, little is known about the younger generation, often considered "invisible." Translating Childhoods, a unique contribution to the study of immigrant youth, brings children to the forefront by exploring the "work" they perform as language and culture brokers, and the impact of this largely unseen contribution. Skilled in two vernaculars, children shoulder basic and more complicated verbal exchanges for non-English speaking adults. Readers hear, through children's own words, what it means be "in the middle" or the "keys to communication" that adults otherwise would lack. Drawing from ethnographic data and research in three immigrant communities, Marjorie Faulstich Orellana's study expands the definition of child labor by assessing children's roles as translators as part of a cost equation in an era of global restructuring and considers how sociocultural learning and development is shaped as a result of children's contributions as translators.

Author : Vikki S. Katz
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813562209

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Kids in the Middle by Vikki S. Katz Pdf

Complicating the common view that immigrant incorporation is a top-down process, determined largely by parents, Vikki Katz explores how children actively broker connections that enable their families to become woven into the fabric of American life. Children’s immersion in the U.S. school system and contact with mainstream popular culture enables them more quickly to become fluent in English and familiar with the conventions of everyday life in the United States. These skills become an important factor in how families interact with their local environments. Kids in the Middle explores children’s contributions to the family strategies that improve communication between their parents and U.S. schools, healthcare facilities, and social services, from the perspectives of children, parents, and the English-speaking service providers that interact with these families via children’s assistance. Katz also considers how children’s brokering affects their developmental trajectories. While their help is critical to addressing short-term family needs, children’s responsibilities can constrain their access to educational resources and have consequences for their long-term goals. Kids in the Middle explores the complicated interweaving of family responsibility and individual attainment in these immigrant families. Through a unique interdisciplinary approach that combines elements of sociology and communication approaches, Katz investigates not only how immigrant children connect their families with local institutional networks, but also how they engage different media forms to bridge gaps between their homes and mainstream American culture. Drawing from extensive firsthand research, Katz takes us inside an urban community in Southern California and the experiences of a specific community of Latino immigrant families there. In addition to documenting the often-overlooked contributions that children of immigrants make to their families’ community encounters, the book provides a critical set of recommendations for how service providers and local institutions might better assist these children in fulfilling their family responsibilities. The story told in Kids in the Middle reveals an essential part of the immigrant experience that transcends both geographic and ethnic boundaries.

Author : Marc H. Bornstein,Linda R. Cote
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Acculturation
ISBN : 0415645654

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Acculturation and Parent-Child Relationships by Marc H. Bornstein,Linda R. Cote Pdf

Although many researchers agree on a general definition of acculturation, the conceptualization and measurement of acculturation remain controversial. To address the issues, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) sponsored a conference that brought together scholars who work to define and develop assessments of acculturation, and who study the impact of acculturation on families. The goals of the conference were to evaluate both the status of acculturation as a scientific construct and the roles of acculturation in parenting and human development. The goal of this volume is to advance the state-of-the-art. Acculturation and Parent-Child Relationships: Measurement and Development is a must-read for researchers, students, and policymakers concerned with cultural factors that affect the lives of parents and children.

Author : Robert S. Weisskirch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317289838

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Language Brokering in Immigrant Families by Robert S. Weisskirch Pdf

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.

Author : Christina Getrich
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816538997

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Border Brokers by Christina Getrich Pdf

Some 16.6 million people nationwide live in mixed-status families, containing a combination of U.S. citizens, residents, and undocumented immigrants. U.S. immigration governance has become an almost daily news headline. Yet even in the absence of federal immigration reform over the last twenty years, existing policies and practices have already been profoundly impacting these family units. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in San Diego over more than a decade, Border Brokers documents the continuing deleterious effects of U.S. immigration policies and enforcement practices on a group of now young adults and their families. In the first book-length longitudinal study of mixed-status families, Christina M. Getrich provides an on-the-ground portrayal of these young adults’ lives from their own perspectives and in their own words. More importantly, Getrich identifies how these individuals have developed resiliency and agency beginning in their teens to improve circumstances for immigrant communities. Despite the significant constraints their families face, these children have emerged into adulthood as grounded and skilled brokers who effectively use their local knowledge bases, life skills honed in their families, and transborder competencies. Refuting the notion of their failure to assimilate, she highlights the mature, engaged citizenship they model as they transition to adulthood to be perhaps their most enduring contribution to creating a better U.S. society. An accessible ethnography rooted in the everyday, this book portrays the complexity of life in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. It offers important insights for anthropologists, educators, policy-makers, and activists working on immigration and social justice issues.

Author : Alejandro Morales
Publisher : ProQuest
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Communication in families
ISBN : 0549637311

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Language Brokering in Mexican Immigrant Families Living in the Midwest by Alejandro Morales Pdf

Author : Rachele Antonini,Letizia Cirillo,Linda Rossato,Ira Torresi
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027266088

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Non-professional Interpreting and Translation by Rachele Antonini,Letizia Cirillo,Linda Rossato,Ira Torresi Pdf

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Author : Jemina Napier
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030671402

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Sign Language Brokering in Deaf-Hearing Families by Jemina Napier Pdf

This book details a study of sign language brokering that is carried out by deaf and hearing people who grow up using sign language at home with deaf parents, known as heritage signers. Child language brokering (CLB) is a form of interpreting carried out informally by children, typically for migrant families. The study of sign language brokering has been largely absent from the emerging body of CLB literature. The book gives an overview of the international, multi-stage, mixed-method study employing an online survey, semi-structured interviews and visual methods, to explore the lived experiences of deaf parents and heritage signers. It will be of interest to practitioners and academics working with signing deaf communities and those who wish to pursue professional practice with deaf communities, as well as academics and students in the fields of Applied Linguistics, Intercultural Communication, Interpreting Studies and the Social Science of Childhood.

Author : J. Westwood,C. Larkins,D. Moxon,Y. Perry,N. Thomas
Publisher : Springer
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137379702

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Participation, Citizenship and Intergenerational Relations in Children and Young People's Lives by J. Westwood,C. Larkins,D. Moxon,Y. Perry,N. Thomas Pdf

Research about children and young people's participation and involvement in research is an emerging area of academic inquiry. Based on the themes of participation, citizenship and intergenerational relations, this edited collection draws on the latest research in this area, and includes chapters co-authored with children and young people.

Author : Carola Suárez-Orozco,Mona M. Abo-Zena,Amy K. Marks
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814770719

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Transitions by Carola Suárez-Orozco,Mona M. Abo-Zena,Amy K. Marks Pdf

Winner Best Edited Book Award presented by the Society for Research on Adolescence Immigration to the United States has reached historic numbers— 25 percent of children under the age of 18 have an immigrant parent, and this number is projected to grow to one in three by 2050. These children have become a significant part of our national tapestry, and how they fare is deeply intertwined with the future of our nation. Immigrant children and the children of immigrants face unique developmental challenges. Navigating two distinct cultures at once, immigrant-origin children have no expert guides to lead them through the process. Instead, they find themselves acting as guides for their parents. How are immigrant children like all other children, and how are they unique? What challenges as well as what opportunities do their circumstances present for their development? What characteristics are they likely to share because they have immigrant parents, and what characteristics are unique to specific groups of origin? How are children of first-generation immigrants different from those of second-generation immigrants? Transitions offers comprehensive coverage of the field’s best scholarship on the development of immigrant children, providing an overview of what the field needs to know—or at least systematically begin to ask—about the immigrant child and adolescent from a developmental perspective. This book takes an interdisciplinary perspective to consider how personal, social, and structural factors interact to determine a variety of trajectories of development. The editors have curated contributions from experts across a carefully selected variety of topics covering ecologies, processes, and outcomes of development pertinent to immigrant origin children.

Author : Zhiyan Guo
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781783092154

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Young Children as Intercultural Mediators by Zhiyan Guo Pdf

This multidisciplinary approach to cultural mediation brings together insights from anthropology, sociology, linguistics and intercultural communication to offer a detailed depiction of family life in immigrant Chinese communities. Utilising a strongly contextualised and evidence-based narrative approach to exploring the nature of child cultural mediation, the author provides an insightful analysis of intercultural relationships between children and parents in immigrant families and of the informative aspects of their everyday lives. Furthermore, the family home setting offers the reader a glimpse of a personal territory that researchers often have great difficulty accessing. This ethnographic study will be of interest to students, researchers and professionals working in the areas of intercultural communication, childhood studies, family relations and migration studies.

Author : Susan S. Chuang,Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461467359

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Gender Roles in Immigrant Families by Susan S. Chuang,Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda Pdf

Researchers recognize that theoretical frameworks and models of child development and family dynamics have historically overlooked the ways in which developmental processes are shaped by socio-cultural contexts. Ecological and acculturation frameworks are especially central to understanding the experiences of immigrant populations, and current research has yielded new conceptual and methodological tools for documenting the cultural and developmental processes of children and their families. Within this broad arena, a question of central importance is on how gender roles in immigrant families play out in the lives of children and families. Gender Roles in Immigrant Families places gender at the forefront of the research by investigating how it interplays with parental roles, parent–child relationships, and child outcomes.