Language Brokering in Immigrant Families

Robert S. Weisskirch, MSW, Ph.D. is a Professor of Human Development in the Liberal Studies Department at California State University, Monterey Bay.

Part I: Frameworks of Language Brokering 1. A Developmental Perspective on Language Brokering Robert S. Weisskirch 2. New Approaches to Studying Language Brokering from a Communication Perspective Jennifer A. Kam, Lisa M. Guntzviller, and Cynthia Stohl 3. Outcomes of Language Brokering, Mediators, and Moderators: A Systematic Review Yishan Shen, Kelsey E. Tilton, and Su Yeong Kim Part II: Family Dynamics 4. Friendly Takeover: Predictors and Effects of Language Brokering Among Diaspora Immigrants in Germany Peter F. Titzmann and Andrea Michel 5. Understanding Language Brokering and Self-Perceptions Among Young Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel Olga Oznobishin and Jenny Kurman 6. Arab Americans' Brokering in a Context of Tension and Stereotypes: "It's Just a Head-Cover. Get Over It!" Afaf Nash 7. Adolescent Language Brokering for Immigrant Chinese Parents in Canada Josephine M. Hua and Catherine L. Costigan Part III: Applied Contexts and Settings 8. Immigrant Internetworks: Language Brokering and Internet Use Shu-Sha Angie Guan 9. Theorizing Child Language Brokering: The Example of Brokering in Health Care Settings Guida de Abreu and Lindsay O’Dell 10. Cognitive, Socioemotional, and Developmental Neuroscience Perspectives on Language Brokering Vanessa R. Rainey, Valerie Flores-Lamb, and Eva Gjorgieva 11. Young Adult Language Brokers’ and Teachers’ Views of the Advantages and Disadvantages of Brokering in School Sarah Crafter, Tony Cline, and Evangelia Prokopiou Part IV: Parents’ Roles and Emerging Adult Language Brokers 12. Immigrant Parents’ Language Brokering Practices: A Taxonomy of Interlingual and Intralingual Brokering Jin Sook Lee and Meghan Corella 13. Turning Points and Tensions: Emerging Adulthood for Language Brokers Lisa M. Dorner 14. Future Directions for Language Brokering Research Robert S. Weisskirch