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Frederick Poole

  • Assistant Professor | Academic Director of MAFLT
  • Center for Language Teaching Advancement
Biography

Dr. Poole serves as Academic Director of the Master of Arts in Foreign Language Teaching program at Michigan State University. He earned his doctorate in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences and a master’s degree in Second Language Teaching from Utah State University. His research focuses on games in language learning, digital literacy, collaborative reading, and applications of artificial intelligence in language teaching and learning. Prior to grad school, he taught English as a Foreign Language in China, Spain, and Chile, including a four-year stint as Director of Studies at a language school in China. He has also taught Chinese as a foreign language and explored pedagogical innovations including a graded-reader series for L2 Chinese, using WeChat for language exchanges, board games for Chinese learning, and a 2D role-playing game for Chinese learners. He has published in journals including Foreign Language Annals, Language Learning & Technology, and the Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association. Many of his resources are shared at fredpoole.github.io.

Works

Journal Articles (refereed)

  • 2025 — Poole, F., Coss, M., & Clarke-Midura, J. Developing stealth assessments to assess young Chinese learners’ L2 reading comprehension. Language Learning & Technology, 29(2), 104-131. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73613
  • 2025 — Poole, F. A systematic review of board games used in language learning contexts. Ludic Language Pedagogy, 7, 53-65. https://doi.org/10.55853/llp_v7Ar2
  • 2024 — Poole, F. & Coss, M. Can ChatGPT Reliably and Accurately Apply a Rubric to L2 Writing Assessments? The Devil is in the Prompt(s). Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, 15(1), 1-24. http://tclt.us/journal/
  • 2023 — Poole, F. & Polio, C. From sci-fi to the classroom: Implications of AI in task-based writing. TASK, 3(2), 243-272. https://doi.org/10.1075/task.00022.poo
  • 2023 — Poole, F. & Clarke-Midura, J. Applying educational data mining to explore individual experiences in digital games. Language Learning & Technology, 27(1), 1-26. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/73522
  • 2022 — Poole, F., Clarke-Midura, J., & Ji, S. Exploring the Affordances and Effectiveness of a Digital Game in the Chinese Dual Language Immersion Classroom. Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, 13(1), 46-73. http://tclt.us/journal/
  • 2021 — Poole, F., Clarke-Midura, J., Rasmussen, M., Shehzad, U., & Lee, V. R. Tabletop games designed to promote computational thinking. Computer Science Education. DOI: 10.1080/08993408.2021.1947642 (CiteScore=5.1)
  • 2020 — Poole, F., & Clarke-Midura, J. A systematic review of digital games in second language learning studies. International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 10(3), 1-15. (CiteScore = 1.27)
  • 2019 — Poole, F., Clarke-Midura, J., Sun, C, & Lam, K. Exploring the pedagogical affordances of a collaborative board game in a dual language immersion classroom. Foreign Language Annals, 42(4), 753-775. (Impact Factor = 2.19)
  • 2016 — Poole, F., & Sung, K. A preliminary study on the effects of an E-gloss tool on incidental vocabulary learning when reading Chinese as a foreign language. Journal of Chinese Language Teachers Association, 51(3), 266-285.
  • 2015 — Poole, F., & Sung, K. Three approaches to beginning Chinese instruction and their effects on oral development and character recognition. Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1(1), 59-75.

Book Chapters (refereed)

  • 2026 — Poole, F. & Dixon, D. H. Digital Games. In M. Kessler (Ed.), Online and Internet-Based Research Methods in Applied Linguistics (pp. X). John Benjamins.
  • 2025 — Poole, F., Loewen, S., Hwang, H.B., Coss, M. Introduction. In S. Loewen, F. Poole, H.B. Hwang, & M. Coss (Eds.), Technology and Instructed Second Language Acquisition: Connecting Research and Pedagogy (pp. X). John Benjamins.
  • 2025 — Poole, F. Artificial Intelligence. In S. Loewen, F. Poole, H.B. Hwang, & M. Coss (Eds.), Technology and Instructed Second Language Acquisition: Connecting Research and Pedagogy (pp. X). John Benjamins.
  • 2025 — Poole, F.J. Research Practices in DGBLLT. In L. McCallum & D. Tafazoli (Eds.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Computer-Assisted Language Learning. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51447-0_138-1
  • 2024 — Poole, F. From purposeful memorization to purposeful communication: Using, not just writing, Chinese. In C. Chu, M.D. Coss, & P.N. Zhang (Eds.), Transforming Hanzi Pedagogy in the Digital Age: Theory, Research, and Practice: 电写时代的汉字教学: 理论与实践 (1st ed.). Routledge. (Invited)
  • 2024 — Poole, F., & Thoms, J. Digital social reading annotations as evidence of L2 proficiency: An exploratory assessment approach. In K. M. Michelson & J. Thoms (Eds.), Digital social reading and foreign language learning (pp. 128-152). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/aals.21.06poo (Invited)
  • 2018 — Poole, F., Franco, J., & Clarke-Midura, J. Developing a personalized, educational gaming experience for young Chinese DLI learners: A design-based approach. In R. Zheng (Ed.), Digital Technologies and Instructional Design for Personalized Learning (pp. 253-274). IGI Global.
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