A Young Linguistic and Cultural Mediator: A Case of Trilingual Siblings' Interaction

Autor/inn/en	Kwon, Jungmin; Martínez-Álvarez, Patricia
Titel	A Young Linguistic and Cultural Mediator: A Case of Trilingual Siblings' Interaction
Quelle	In: International Multilingual Research Journal, 16 (2022) 1, S.47-64 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kwon, Jungmin) ORCID (Martínez-Álvarez, Patricia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1931-3152
DOI	10.1080/19313152.2021.1930647
Schlagwörter	Sibling Relationship; Language Acquisition; Multilingualism; Children; Immigrants; North American English; Chinese; Korean; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Interpersonal Relationship; Sociocultural Patterns; Birth Order; Translation; Cultural Awareness; Language Maintenance; Interaction Process Analysis; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sibling relations; Geschwisterbeziehung; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Amerikanisches Englisch; China; Chinesen; Koreanisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Geburtenfolge; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Sprachpflege; Prozessanalyse
Abstract	Siblings play crucial roles in each other's cognitive and language development because they observe, imitate, and receive guidance and support from each other during their interactions. In this research, we examined trilingual siblings (ages 6 and 9) from an immigrant family with a rarely explored cultural background (American-born children of Korean Chinese parents) and their multilingual interactions with a researcher. Employing cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) and Vygotsky's notion of mediation (Vygotsky, 1978), we particularly focused on the roles that the older multilingual sibling took on during interactions and what mediations of meaning-making took place that created learning opportunities. Our analysis was based on the interaction data between the siblings. Findings revealed that the older sibling played a unique role as a linguistic and cultural mediator, assisting meaning-maintaining processes in multilingual interactions by providing interlingual and intralingual interpretation and transferring linguistic and cultural knowledge. Given the current educational landscape that prioritizes learning English, and the complexities of maintaining three languages for trilingual children, this study adds to the literature highlighting the unique roles multilingual children can play in expanding others' languages, literacies, and cultures, as well as facilitating multilingual communicative events. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/4/11