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Rivers, Wilga Marie was born on April 13, 1919 in Melbourne, Australia. Arrived in the United States, 1970. Daughter of Harry and Nina Diamond (Burston) Rivers.
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Rivers, Wilga Marie was born on April 13, 1919 in Melbourne, Australia. Arrived in the United States, 1970. Daughter of Harry and Nina Diamond (Burston) Rivers.
Bachelor, University Melbourne, 1939. Diploma in Education, University Melbourne, 1940. Master of Arts, University Melbourne, 1948.
Licence es L., University Montpellier, France, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1962. Master of Arts (honorary), Harvard University, 1974.
Doctor of Philosophy of Languages (honorary), Middlebury College, 1989.
High School teacher, Victoria, Australia, 1940-1948. Assistant in English language France, 1949-1952. Teacher preparatory schools, 1953-1958.
Assistant professor French Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 1963-1964. Associate professor Monash University, Australia, 1964-1969. Visiting professor Columbia University, 1970-1971.
Professor French University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1971-1974. Professor Romance languages and literature, coordinator language instruction Harvard University, 1974-1989, professor emerita, from 1989. Consultant National Endowment of the Humanities, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, others.
Lectr 44 countries and throughout United States. Member advisory board Modern Language Center, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, National Foreign Language Center, Language Acquire Research Center, San Diego.
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Recipient National Distinguished Foreign Language Leadership award New York State Association Foreign Language Teachers, 1974. Member Modern Language Association, American Association Applied Linguistics (charter president), American Council onTeaching Foreign Langs. (Florence Steiner award 1977, Anthony Papalia award 1988), Massachusetts Foreign Language Association (Distinguished Svc. award 1983), Teacher.of English to Speakers of other Langs., American Association Teachers French, Linguistic Society American, American Association University Suprs. and Coords.
Foreign Language Programs Northeast Conference (Nelson Brooks award 1983), International Association Applied Psycholinguistics (vice president 1983-1989), Japan Association College English Teachers(honorary), American Association Teachers German (honorary), International Association Language laboratories (honorary).