Supporting Multilingualism in Immigrant Children
An Integrative Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22124690 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adriana Weisleder (0000-0001-6094-8424, Northwestern University, corresponding author), Alejandra Reinoso (0009-0007-4749-2515, Northwestern University), Murielle Standley (0000-0001-8988-7274, Northwestern University), Krystal Alvarez-Hernandez (Northwestern University), Anele Villanueva (0009-0008-8191-7078, Northwestern University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 76-84 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2372-7322 • E-ISSN: 2372-7330 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/23727322231220633 |
| OpenAlex | W4390081214 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 67 |
Immigrant children are a growing and demographically important segment of the world's population. One key aspect of immigrant children's experience is navigating multiple languages, creating both opportunities, and challenges. However, the literature on bilingualism rarely centers the experiences of immigrant children. Focusing on immigrant children in the United States, this article brings together cognitive science research on bilingualism with the integrative risk and resilience model of adaptation in immigrant-origin children to elucidate how common contexts that immigrant children encounter can support or discourage multilingualism. Policy must consider immigrant children's intersecting identities—both as immigrants and as learners of minoritized, and often racialized, languages. A proposed framework can guide policies to support multilingualism in immigrant children, with downstream consequences for their health and development
Acculturation · Developmental psychology · Immigration · Multilingualism · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Pedagogy · Political science · Population · Psychological resilience · Sociology · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Language Development and Disorders · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |