Michio Peter Hagiwara

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Michio Peter Hagiwara (born November 23, 1932 in Tokyo Prefecture , † November 24, 2009 in Uwajima ) was an American Romance studies and foreign language teacher of Japanese origin.

life and work

Hagiwara came to the United States in 1952 and studied French at the University of Missouri – Kansas City (Bachelor 1956). In 1958 he received his master's degree from Washington University in St. Louis . In 1966 he received his doctorate from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor with the work French epic poetry in the sixteenth century. Theory and practice (The Hague / Paris 1972). In Ann Arbor he taught until 1995, from 1961 as a lecturer, from 1962 as an instructor, from 1966 as an assistant professor, most recently from 1972 as an associate professor. In 1973 he became a US citizen.

Other works

  • (with Robert Louis Politzer and Jean Carduner ) L'échelle. Structures essentielles du français , Waltham, Mass. 1966
  • (with Françoise de Rocher) Thème et variations. A practical introduction to French , New York 1977; with new subtitle: An introduction to French language and culture , New York 1981, 1985, 1989
  • (with Jacqueline Morton) Mosaïque. Lectures pour debutants , New York 1977
  • (Ed.) Studies in romance linguistics. Proceedings of the Fifth Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages , Rowley, Mass. 1977
  • (with Anne Lindell) Intensive English for communication , 2 vol., Ann Arbor 1979-1980
  • (with Sylvie Carduner) D'accord. La prononciation du français international. Acquisition et perfectionnement , New York 1982
  • (with Françoise de Rocher) Entre nous. A communicative approach to beginning French , New York 1994

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personal data
SURNAME Hagiwara, Michio Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hagiwara, Michio P .; Hagiwara, M. Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Romance studies and foreign language teacher of Japanese origin
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo prefecture
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 2009
Place of death Uwajima