Amelia is in elementary school, and despite her parents being from Russia, she is fluent in English. She often times only speaks to her parents in English, and finds herself helping them communicate with waiters at restaurants or clerks in a store. As such, Amelia is acting as a ______.

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Amelia is acting as a language broker, a role often taken by children in immigrant families who translate and interpret the host country's language for their family members.

Amelia Is in Elementary School, and Despite Her Parents Being