Language Brokering Experience Affects Feelings toward Bilingualism, Language Knowledge, Use, and Practices: A Qualitative Approach

Autor/inn/en	López, Belem G.; Lezama, Esteffania; Heredia, Dagoberto, Jr.
Titel	Language Brokering Experience Affects Feelings toward Bilingualism, Language Knowledge, Use, and Practices: A Qualitative Approach
Quelle	In: Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 41 (2019) 4, S.481-503 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0739-9863
DOI	10.1177/0739986319879641
Schlagwörter	Bilingualism; Code Switching (Language); Language Maintenance; Schemata (Cognition); Immigrants; Translation; Family Relationship; Parent Child Relationship; Mental Health; Substance Abuse; Native Language; Second Language Learning; College Students; Spanish; Student Attitudes; English (Second Language); Hispanic American Students; Problem Solving; Skill Development; Language Usage; Metalinguistics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; Sprachpflege; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Psychohygiene; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Collegestudent; Spanisch; Schülerverhalten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Problemlösen; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Sprachgebrauch; Metalanguage; Metasprache
Abstract	Language brokering refers to the global practice whereby children in immigrant communities are called upon by family members to serve as linguistic and cultural intermediaries by translating and interpreting. Past research has examined the effects of brokering on parent-child relationships, mental health, and substance abuse and feelings toward brokering. A lesser-studied area is brokering effects on bilingualism, language maintenance, and cognition. This study examined how brokers perceive their own feelings toward their brokering, bilingualism, language, and problem-solving abilities through a series of semistructured interviews with Latinx college students. Language brokers reported both positive and negative experiences in addition to viewing language brokering as important for maintaining their first language and bilingualism. Language brokers also identified ways in which brokering experience enhanced their problem-solving abilities. These findings extend prior research by suggesting that brokering is an experience, which operates across cultural and linguistic domains. Implications for research and practice are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01