I speak for my parents: Complicated feelings, thoughts, and experiences of Latina/o youth who language broker for their parents

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dc.contributor.advisorLucero, Audrey
dc.contributor.authorDorantes, Angel
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-13T18:37:58Z
dc.date.available2021-09-13T18:37:58Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-13
dc.description.abstractMany Latina/o adolescents language broker for their parents often about a myriad of personal, family, and household issues that vary in degrees of complexity, confidentiality, and urgency. This qualitative and descriptive study analyzes the feelings, perceptions, and language brokering and acculturation experiences of six Latina/o high school students. Data collection included two semi-structured interviews, two direct observations of language brokering activities, and two surveys, a language brokering instrument (Buriel et al., 1998) and the Revised Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans II (Cuellar, Arnold, & Maldonado, 1995). To explore language brokering and acculturation experiences, the study utilizes sociocultural theory and multidimensionality acculturation as theoretical frameworks. The data suggests six themes: 1) normalized language brokering experiences, 2) learning to resolve increasingly complex language brokering scenarios, 3) mixed feelings and perceptions regarding benefits and concerns associated with language brokering, 4) complex family relationships and strong familismo orientation in the context of language brokering, 5) coping with high-stakes language brokering contexts, and 6) connections between acculturation and language brokering. These themes provide current and relevant insights for P-16 educators, medical, mental health, and social services professionals, business and community leaders, policymakers, and Latina/o communities in understanding relevant themes for these Latina/o language brokers, their parents, and family unit. Keywords: Language brokering, Latina/o high school students, immigrants, acculturation, sociocultural theoryen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/26641
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectAcculturationen_US
dc.subjectHigh school studentsen_US
dc.subjectImmigrationen_US
dc.subjectLanguage brokeringen_US
dc.subjectLatina/oen_US
dc.titleI speak for my parents: Complicated feelings, thoughts, and experiences of Latina/o youth who language broker for their parents
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of Education Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.leveldoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D.

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