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1. Any immigrant family embarks
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A in a new language.
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2. When children go to school they may acquire friends from a very different kind of background, and they usually become fluent
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B in common with grandparents.
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3. Typically, an intergenerational gap appears: at least one parent may speak both the language of their own parents and that
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C the country they moved to.
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4. Children, however, may not share a language
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D of the country they have settled in.
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5. Such experience can be stressful for each generation and it can create burdens
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E on a process of rapid identity change.
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F on young children who have to act as intermediaries and interpreters for older family members.
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