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"It's One of Those Things That You Do to Help the Family": Language Brokering and the Development of Immigrant Adolescents
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Dorner, Lisa M.; Orellana, Marjorie Faulstich; Jimenez, Rosa – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2008
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…
Descriptors: Scripts, Adolescent Development, Language Role, Adolescents