Stephen Poirier

Stephen Poirier is an American expert in English language education. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario in Canada, where he earned a doctorate in history. He has long been engaged in research on and test development for English examinations such as TOEFL, TOEIC, and TEPS, and is one of the authors with substantial experience in item writing in this field. As one of the authors of the New TOEFL Special Progress series, he contributed to the listening and reading mock test volumes, which are designed to reflect real test conditions, with a systematic question format and clear training objectives that offer learners a step-by-step path of practice. The series was originally introduced from Darakwon Publishing in South Korea and has had a certain influence among TOEFL preparation books in China. As public information is limited, details of his personal life are not elaborated here; the above is based mainly on his works and confirmed educational background.