Young Children as Intercultural Mediators Mandarin-speaking Chinese Families in Britain.
Guo, Zhiyan, 1971-
Young Children as Intercultural Mediators Mandarin-speaking Chinese Families in Britain. - Clevedon : Channel View Publications, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (212 pages) - Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education ; v.26 .
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1 Migration and Acculturation; 2 Understanding Childhood; 3 Cultural Mediation; 4 Child Mediators and Their Families; 5 The Assimilative Level of Child Cultural Mediation; 6 The Appropriative Level of Child Cultural Mediation; 7 The Accommodative Level of Child Cultural Mediation; 8 Demystifying Child Cultural Mediation; Conclusion; Appendix; References; Index
This multidisciplinary approach to cultural mediation brings together insights from anthropology, sociology, linguistics and intercultural communication to offer a detailed depiction of family life in immigrant Chinese communities. Utilising a strongly contextualised and evidence-based narrative approach to exploring the nature of child cultural mediation, the author provides an insightful analysis of intercultural relationships between children and parents in immigrant families and of the informative aspects of their everyday lives. Furthermore, the family home setting offers the reader a gli.
9781783092147
Bilingualism in children--Great Britain.
Children of immigrants--Language.--Great Britain
Chinese--Languages.--Great Britain
Intercultural communication--Great Britain.
Mandarin dialects--Great Britain.
Translating and interpreting--Great Britain.
Bilingualism in children.
Children of immigrants.
Chinese.
Intercultural communication.
Mandarin dialects.
Translating and interpreting.
Electronic Books.
P115 / .Y686 2014
Young Children as Intercultural Mediators Mandarin-speaking Chinese Families in Britain. - Clevedon : Channel View Publications, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (212 pages) - Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education ; v.26 .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1 Migration and Acculturation; 2 Understanding Childhood; 3 Cultural Mediation; 4 Child Mediators and Their Families; 5 The Assimilative Level of Child Cultural Mediation; 6 The Appropriative Level of Child Cultural Mediation; 7 The Accommodative Level of Child Cultural Mediation; 8 Demystifying Child Cultural Mediation; Conclusion; Appendix; References; Index
This multidisciplinary approach to cultural mediation brings together insights from anthropology, sociology, linguistics and intercultural communication to offer a detailed depiction of family life in immigrant Chinese communities. Utilising a strongly contextualised and evidence-based narrative approach to exploring the nature of child cultural mediation, the author provides an insightful analysis of intercultural relationships between children and parents in immigrant families and of the informative aspects of their everyday lives. Furthermore, the family home setting offers the reader a gli.
9781783092147
Bilingualism in children--Great Britain.
Children of immigrants--Language.--Great Britain
Chinese--Languages.--Great Britain
Intercultural communication--Great Britain.
Mandarin dialects--Great Britain.
Translating and interpreting--Great Britain.
Bilingualism in children.
Children of immigrants.
Chinese.
Intercultural communication.
Mandarin dialects.
Translating and interpreting.
Electronic Books.
P115 / .Y686 2014