Publications

Poole , A. (2003). New labels for old problems: The problem of grammar in communicative language teaching. PROFILE: Issues in Teaching Development, No. 4.

Poole , A. (2004). An exploratory study of focus on form instruction: How advanced ESL writers attend to form during group work. Asian Journal of English Language Teaching, 14, 119-134.

Poole , A. (2005). The kind of forms learners attend to during focus on form information: A description of an advances ESL writing class. Asian EFL Journal, 7(3), 1-13.

Poole , A. (2005). Focus on form instruction: foundations, applications, and criticisms. The Reading Matrix, (5) 1, 47-56.

Poole , A. (2005). Gender differences in reading strategy use among advanced ESL college students. Journal of College Reading and Learning, 36 (1), 7-20.

Poole , A. (2005). A comparative study of the academic reading strategies of college ESL and EFL learners. Journal of Balanced Reading Instruction, 12, 55-71.

Poole , A. (2006). Gender and academic reading strategies: A survey of adult EFL learners in Mainland China. Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, 10 (2).

Poole, A. (2008). Even the expers worry...The Bilingual Family Newsletter, 25 (2), 1-2.

Poole , A., & Mokhtari, K. (2008). ESL students’ use of reading strategies when reading texts online and in print. In K. Mokhtari and R. Sheorey (Eds.), Studies in first and second language reading (pp. 197-214). Norwood, MA: Christopher Gordon.

Forthcoming Publications

Poole , A. The academic reading strategies male and female college students use when reading online. Journal of Balanced Reading Instruction.

Poole , A. The relationship of reading proficiency to strategy use while online: A study of US college students. Journal of College Literacy and Learning.

Reviews

Barry, A.K. “English Grammar: Language as Human Behavior.” Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall: In TESL-EJ, 7 (2), R-4, 2003.

Mesthrie, R., Swann, J., Deumert, A., & Leap, W. “ Introducing Sociolinguistics.” Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. In The Reading Matrix , 3 (2), 2003.

Echevarria, J., Vogt, M., & Short, D. “ Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model.” Boston: Pearson. The TESOL Reporter, 37 (2), 75-76, 2004.

Soltero, S. “Dual Language: Teaching and Learning in Two Languages.” Bilingual Research Journal, 28 (3), 489-492, 2004.

Diaz-Rico, L. “ Teaching English Learners.” Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, 9, (2), 80-82, 2004.

Alvermann, D. (Ed.) “Adolescents and literacies in a digital world.” New York: Peter Lang. The Reading Matrix, 7 (1), 188-190, 2007.

Pahl, K., and Rowsell, J. (Eds.). “Travel Notes from the New Literacy Studies” Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters, LTD. Language, Culture, and Curriculum, 20 (1), 87-89, 2007.

Director of Teaching English as a Second 
Language Program,
Assistant Professor of English 
B6 Cherry Hall 
270-745-5780 

alex.poole@wku.edu