NDLI: A Qualitative Analysis of What Latino Parents and Adolescents Think and Feel About Language Brokering

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Author	Corona, Rosalie Stevens, Lillian F. Halfond, Raquel W. Shaffer, Carla M. Reid Quiñones, Kathryn Gonzalez, Tanya
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	As the population of children living in immigrant and non-English speaking households continues to increase, children may be placed in the position to serve as an interpreter for their parents (i.e., a language broker). Relatively few studies, however, have obtained fathers’ reactions to their children serving as language brokers or explored the reasons why language brokering is linked to positive and negative youth outcomes. We interviewed 25 Latino adolescents (14 girls, 11 boys) and their parents (18 mothers, 11 fathers) using a semi-structured interview protocol. Interviews were digitally recorded and then transcribed, and themes were coded from the transcripts. When describing positive feelings associated with language brokering, parents and youth talked about children helping the family and the benefit of speaking two languages. When youth shared negative feelings, they talked about difficulties when words were complex and beyond their own English/Spanish language abilities. Children seemed to find language brokering experiences in health-related settings particularly difficult. Our findings begin to shed light on a relatively unexplored area of language brokering thereby highlighting a need for more studies examining youth’s understanding about the material being translated. Moreover, the relational aspect of language brokering within the family also merits further study given that for some families language brokering is a “shared” parent–child experience.
Starting Page	788
Ending Page	798
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10621024
Journal	Journal of Child and Family Studies
Volume Number	21
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	15732843
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2011-09-28
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Language brokering Immigrant children Family relationship Adolescents Social Sciences Sociology Child and School Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Life-span and Life-course Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology

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