Wilga Rivers

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Wilga Rivers

Communications

#2635

World Rank

#3774

Historical Rank

Linguistics

#970

World Rank

#1239

Historical Rank

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Communications

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According to Wikipedia, Wilga Marie Rivers was an Australian linguist and Professor of Romance Languages. While she taught at both the secondary-education and college level throughout her life, she spent the majority of her career on the faculty of Harvard University. There, she served as a Professor of Romance Languages and Coordinator of Language Instruction in Romance Languages, fulfilling these roles until her eventual retirement in 1989.

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Wilga Rivers's Published Works

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Teaching foreign-language skills (1969) (1137)
Interactive Language Teaching (1988) (341)
A Practical Guide to the Teaching of English As a Second or Foreign Language (1980) (249)
The psychologist and the foreign-language teacher (1965) (236)
Communicating naturally in a second language (1983) (138)
Teaching Foreign Language Skills Rev Ed (1981) (106)
Communicating naturally in a second language: theory and practice in language teaching / Wilga M. Rivers (1983) (91)
Learning a Sixth Language: An Adult Learner’s Daily Diary (1979) (64)
Speaking in Many Tongues: Essays in Foreign-Language Teaching (1978) (53)
A practical guide to the teaching of French (1975) (42)
Speaking in Many Tongues (1983) (38)
Comprehension and Production in Interactive Language Teaching (1986) (36)
Teaching Foreign-Language Skills. Second Edition. (1981) (34)
From Linguistic Competence to Communicative Competence. (1973) (30)
Conservation and Innovation. (1972) (25)
Talking Off the Tops of Their Heads. (1972) (22)
Foreign Language Acquisistion: Where the Real Problems Lie (1980) (19)
Reading for Information. (1973) (16)
Teaching Languages in College: Curriculum and Content (1991) (15)
A New Curriculum for New Purposes. (1985) (12)
Interaction and Communication in the Language Class in an Age of Technology (1990) (11)
Preparing College and University Instructors for a Lifetime of Teaching: A Luxury or a Necessity?. (1983) (11)
A Practical Guide to the Teaching of Spanish (1976) (8)
Mental Representations and Language in Action. (1991) (8)
From Skill Acquisition to Language Control. (1969) (7)
Teaching French: A Practical Guide (1988) (7)
Developing International Competence for a Centripetal, Centrifugal World. (1994) (7)
Cultural Identity and Foreign-Language Teaching (1978) (6)
A practical guide to the teaching of German (1975) (5)
Cultures, Languages and the International Smorgasbord: Musings for a New Millennium (1993) (5)
Curriculum, Student Objectives, and the Training of Foreign Language Teachers. (1988) (4)
Students, Teachers and the Future. (1975) (4)
The Revolution Now: Revitalizing the University Language Departments. (1981) (4)
Understanding the Learner in the Language Laboratory. (1982) (4)
Teaching Spanish: A Practical Guide (1988) (4)
Designing teacher training to meet local needs (1983) (3)
Chapter III: Psychology and Linguistics as Bases for Language Pedagogy (1980) (2)
The Language Learner: Reaching His Heart and Mind--Cognition, Relationship, Relevancy. (1971) (2)
Opportunities in foreign language careers (1992) (2)
Building and Maintaining an Adequate Vocabulary. (1973) (2)
APPLES OF GOLD IN PICTURES OF SILVER: WHERE HAVE ALL THE WORDS GONE? (1981) (2)
Interaction and Communication in the Language in an Age of Technology. (1992) (2)
Down Under/up Top: Creating A Life (2004) (1)
Memory and Memorization in Comprehension and Production of IP Theory. (1977) (1)
Internationalization of the university: where are the foreign languages? (1993) (1)
An Examination of the Major Assumptions About Learning Which Underlie Certain Procedures for the Teaching of a Second Language (1962) (1)
The Non-Major: Tailoring the Course to the Person, Not the Image. (1973) (1)
1. How and when do persons become bilingual? Comment et quand devient-on bilingue? (1969) (1)
Teaching German : a practical guide (1989) (1)
Testing and Student Learning. (1973) (0)
Teaching Hebrew: A Practical Guide (1990) (0)
Changing Patterns in Foreign Language Programs: Report of the Illinois Conference on Foreign Languages in Junior and Community Colleges, 1972. (1974) (0)
From the Pyramid to the Commune: The Evolution of the Foreign Language Department. (1972) (0)
The Foreign-Language Teacher and Cognitive Psychology or Where Do We Go from Here?. (1972) (0)
Preface: Peregrinations down memory lane (2001) (0)
The Future Impact of Technology on Education in Foreign Languages. Working Paper for the Steering Committee of the MLA/FLP '70's. (1973) (0)
Interaction: The Key to Communication (1990) (0)
Comments of Guest Analysts (1976) (0)
Concepts, Contexts and Meaning: Learning to Learn Vocabulary (1992) (0)
Motivating through Classroom Techniques. (1971) (0)
Interaction: The prelude to communication (1991) (0)

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Harvard University