"It's One of Those Things That You Do to Help the Family": Language Brokering and the Development of Immigrant Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Dorner, Lisa M.; Orellana, Marjorie Faulstich; Jimenez, Rosa
Titel	"It's One of Those Things That You Do to Help the Family": Language Brokering and the Development of Immigrant Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 23 (2008) 5, S.515-543 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558408317563
Schlagwörter	Scripts; Adolescent Development; Language Role; Adolescents; Immigrants; Hispanic Americans; Translation; Parent Child Relationship; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Interviews; Case Studies; Individual Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Skript; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Individuelle Entwicklung
Abstract	This article examines how immigrant adolescent development is shaped by the cultural and linguistic practice of language brokering. Framed by theories on interdependent/independent developmental scripts, the changing experiences and views of 12 Latino/a children of U.S. immigrants over 5 years were analyzed. It was found that translating is a relational, interdependent activity in which adolescents both help and receive help from family members. As adolescents, they extend this helping orientation beyond their household, but in these public spaces, they sometimes meet up with other developmental scripts. This article's examination of brokering's effects on immigrant adolescence leads to the discussion that one must consider the manner in which all adolescents and parents are negotiating independent and interdependent worlds. (Contains 3 notes and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10