Reflecting on Past Language Brokering Experiences: How They Affected Children's and Teenagers' Emotions and Relationships

Autor/inn/en	Arumí, Marta; Rubio-Carbonero, Gema
Titel	Reflecting on Past Language Brokering Experiences: How They Affected Children's and Teenagers' Emotions and Relationships
Quelle	In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 42 (2023) 1, S.1-23 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Arumí, Marta) ORCID (Rubio-Carbonero, Gema)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8507
DOI	10.1515/multi-2021-0152
Schlagwörter	Emotional Response; Translation; Immigrants; Second Language Learning; Young Adults; Parent Child Relationship; Family Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship; Language Usage; Personal Narratives; Spanish; Native Language; Arabic; Afro Asiatic Languages; Chinese; Urdu; Cultural Background; Language Variation; Psychological Patterns; Romance Languages; Foreign Countries; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Emotionales Verhalten; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Sprachgebrauch; Erlebniserzählung; Spanisch; Arabisch; China; Chinesen; Sprachenvielfalt; Romanische Sprache; Ausland; Spanien
Abstract	In many immigrant families, children often learn the language and culture of the host society quicker than adult immigrants. Consequently, children serve as language brokers, translating and interpreting face-to-face communication. The aim of this paper is to present a study based on 19 qualitative in depth interviews with young adults reporting on how they felt and managed their emotions when acting as language brokers in their childhood and adolescence. The study shows the key role that emotions play in the Child Language Brokering experience and how the relationships that the broker establishes with their immediate context (family, teachers, and the community) is intrinsically related to how they assess the experience. It also shows that emotions had an impact on how brokers modulate the message they rendered, especially when they had to deal with sensitive topics. This research proves the importance of the first-person retrospective narratives of the protagonists, which allows to give a voice to a highly invisible group. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01