Abstract

Although scholars have studied migrant children who translate for their families, less is known about how these experiences matter for life-long literacy experiences. This article argues that child language brokers develop advanced skills in literacy and rhetoric from which they draw throughout their lives, in multiple contexts.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2019-09-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc201930294
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