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William P. Rivers

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12

Publications

718

Citations

11

H-Index

1996

Active since

Affiliations

University of Maryland, College Park(Current)

American Councils for International Education

Bryn Mawr College

William P. Rivers is an author at University of Maryland, College Park specializing in language studies, language acquisition, and sociolinguistics.

Top concepts

LanguageSociolinguisticsLanguage AcquisitionLinguisticsLanguage PolicyMultilingualismLanguage EducationEducationWorld LanguagesLanguage Learning

Publications per year

1996–2018

12

Publications

12

Autonomy at All Costs: An Ethnography of Metacognitive Self‐Assessment and Self‐Management among Experienced Language Learners

William P. Rivers · Modern Language Journal · 2001 · 247 citations

Second Language Learning, Expert Learners, Educational Psychology +23

Is Being There Enough? The Effects of Homestay Placements on Language Gain During Study Abroad

William P. Rivers · Foreign Language Annals · 1998 · 173 citations

Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Language Development +22

Language and National Security in the 21st Century: The Role of Title VI/Fulbright-Hays in Supporting National Language Capacity.

Richard D. Brecht, William P. Rivers · 2000 · 77 citations

Language Policy, Multilingualism, Sociolinguistics +9

The Demand for Multilingual Human Capital in the U.S. Labor Market

Rebecca Rubin Damari, William P. Rivers, Richard D. Brecht et al. · Foreign Language Annals · 2017 · 58 citations

Report on the NFLC/AATSP Survey of Spanish Language Programs for Native Speakers

Catherine W. Ingold, William P. Rivers, Carmen Chavez Tesser et al. · Hispania · 2002 · 54 citations

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