The Case of Bilinguals Brokering Communication for their Families
Literacy in Translation Series
Claudia V. Angelelli is Professor and Chair of Multilingualism and Communication at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. Since many of the bilingual students/heritage speakers in our classrooms today were family translators and interpreters in their late childhood and adolescence, getting a glimpse into their lives and experiences may help researchers and teachers understand the habits and ideology of these individuals who may populate classrooms and bilingual workplaces in the future. In this seminar we will analyze the ways in which bilinguals characterize and discuss their experiences as communication brokers. The results have theoretical and practical implications for current characterizations of multilingual societies, especially in border areas, and for the teaching, learning and testing of languages and literacies. Read more.
This seminar is co-sponsored by LiteracyStudies@OSU, the College of Medicine AHEC Clear Health Communication Program, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Contact Susan Hanson.
