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标题：Towards an ecology of the culture broker role: Past work and future directions
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作者：Edison J. Trickett ; Sandra Sorani ; Dina Birman 等
期刊名称：MediAzioni : Rivista Online di Studi Interdisciplinari su Lingue e Culture
电子版ISSN：1974-4382
出版年度：2010
期号：10
出版社：Università di Bologna sede di Forlì
摘要：The ongoing wave of migration to the United States of both children and adults has resulted in considerable research covering multiple aspects of the adaptation process for children adults, elderly, and families (Birman et al. 2002; Portes and Rumbaut 2001). One area of considerable interest involves what is called the “language broker” or “culture broker” role played by children in helping adults negotiate demands of the new culture which, because of their lack of linguistic skills and/or cultural knowledge, the parents cannot or do not feel comfortable doing for themselves. Such tasks range widely from answering the telephone to participating in parents’ visits to doctors, to filling out income tax forms, to translating in school conferences between teachers and parents. While culture brokering may also occur outside the home with strangers, the emphasis in this paper is on activities involving the family that children engage in, such as helping parents, siblings, and other relatives in matters related to carrying out various tasks related to running of the household and wellbeing of family members