Prof. Abbas Mustafa Abbas(PhD)

Biography 

Professor Dr. Abbas Mustafa Abbas

PhD in English Language and Linguistics ( Pragmatics)

Dr. Abbas Mustafa Abbas is a Professor at College of Basic Education-Sulaimani/ University of Sulaimani, Iraq-Kurdistan. His PhD is in Theoretical Linguistics (Pragmatic Politeness with Reference to English and Kurdish) and Abbas primarily considers himself an educationalist and practitioner. He has experience of formal and informal education in the Kurdistan region from basic education study to PhD levels. His varied employment path has also seen his work in fields, translation, Linguistic laboratories, and teaching phonetics. His teaching and research interests are in theoretical linguistics ,contrastive analysis and comparative study (Making Comparison studies in English and Kurdish).

Contact details

Formal name

Abbas Mustafa Abbas

Title:  Professor  Dr.

Preferred personal name

Abbas

Job title

Professor at College of Basic Education at University of Sulaimani  

Contact details at work:

College of Basic education

University of Sulaimani/ Sulaimani

Iraqi Kurdistan Region/ Sulaimani

dr.abbasmust67@yahoo.com or abbas.abbas@univsul.edu.iq

Mobile:

    +964770 1574029

   +964750 1574029

Tel:

Office; 

Preferred email for communication for this project: 

abbas.abbas@univsul.edu.iq 

Line manager/ Head of Department details

I am directly responsible to the  Head of English Dept. /College  of  Basic Education/ University of Sulaimani, Who will support you officially?

University of Sulaimani will support me officially.

Who approves your activities?

President of University of Sulaimani,Dr. Kosar Muhammed Ali

Dean of  College  of  Basic Education Dr. Hasan Fahkradeen Xalid

Head of English Department, Dr. Baxtiar Sabr Hama

Support and development networks

The web communications officer (Karzan Tahir) will offer advice and support on e-learning and communication. I may need to approach Administration Team for admin support

Current membership of University Committees and Research Groups

I am currently a member of:

Scientific Committee in English Department.

Head of the Department Council of  English Department.

Current external group membership:

Kurdistan Academic Society

Kurdistan Teachers’ Union

Academic Center for National Studies (ACNS)

Background in supporting student learning

Outline any past supervisory or mentor responsibilities (at Masters level or above)

I supervised 20 twenty MA students and 5 five PhD students .

Current teaching and learning responsibilities

I mainly work with research students in the English Department. I give translation and  pronunciation subjects to students of English Department – College of Basic Education /University of Sulaimani.

Outline Teaching and Learning experience

I have been involved in teaching and learning for 31 years. I have taught English to preparatory school, methodology to students of teachers’ central institute, pronunciation and English grammar to undergraduates and phonetics, Sociolinguistics, Language,Culture and Communication to postgraduates.

Relevant Qualifications and awarding body

PhD in English language and Linguistics (Pragmatics), MA in Morphophonemics in English Language, Teacher Training Course (teaching qualification) – University of Sulaimani

English Teacher Training Course- Huddersfeild Technical College in UK (funded by British Council) The Course was about:

1-Teaching and Learning Techniques

2- Teaching Methodology

3- Teaching the Four Skills

4-Testing and Assessment

5-ILT as a Teaching Aid

6-Design and Production of Web/VLE Teaching Resources

Research Interests

My research interest includes the following fields :

Twenty three (23) Different Researches:

Abbas Papers 19-4-2024:

1.    The Effects of Direct and Indirect Corrective Feedback on Accuracy in Second  Language Writing

AMAHM Tawfeeq

English Language Teaching 11 (No. 6 (2018)), 33-40

2.    Conditional Sentences in English and Kurdish: A Contrastive Study

AM Abbas

Al-Fatih journal 2012  8 (50), 40-66

3.    Literary Stylistics: Literature and Language " The Significance of Language in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot"

AMAM Hasan

Literary Stylistics: Literature and Language 2019 AuthorHouse

4.     The Role of Written Corrective Feedback in Improving Kurdish EFL University Students’ Writing

AMAHM Tawfeeq

Journal of University of Human Development 4 (December 10, 2018), 61-74

5. Nominal compounds in English and Kurdish: A comparative study

AM Abbas

Journal of Language Studies 4 (3), 74-94

6.    The Concept of Pragmatic politeness with Reference to English and Kurdish

DAM Abbas 2009

University of Sulaimani

7.      Language Management in Iraqi Kurdistan

AM Abbas, MS Saeed 2020

Journal of Language Studies 3 (1), 50-71

8.     Investigating Assessment Tools Used for Learning in Sunrise Textbook in High Schools of Sulaimani City

DAMAFF Chragh    2020

Journal of University of Babylon for Humanities (JUBH) 28 (5)

9.    An Investigation into Kurdish EFL Instructors’ Intercultural Communicative Competence in Sulaimani Province Universities

BH Mawlood, AM Abbas  2019

Journal of the University of Garmian 6, 310-319

10.    Adjectival Phrases in English and Kurdish: A Contrastive Study

AM Abbas

Journal of Lnguage Studies 2019  2 (4), 91-114

11.    Language and the Political Condition of the Largest Stateless Nation of the World

MSSAA Mustafa

Journal of Zankoy Sulaimani 2018 Part (B - for Humanities) 19 (6), 395-402

12.    A Contrastive Analysis of Stress in English and Kurdish

AMARS Ahmad 

LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing 2016

13.     The Significance of Language in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot

AMAMN Hasan

Kurdistan Academics Journal 1 (2015)

14.     Some Kurdish Lexemes inThe Holy Qur'an

DATHDAM Abbas

Journal of Zankoy Sulaimani. Part B. No.44. February 2014 15 (44), 353-364

15.     A Semantic Study of Idioms in English and Kurdish

AM Abbas

Kirkuk University 2012  7 (3), 13-27

16.     Contrastive Analysis of Stress in English and Kurdish

AMARS Ahmad

Alustath, 2012  45-66

17.    The Kurds EFL Learners' Ability to Recognize English Consonant Clusters

AM Abbas

Alustath, 2008  869-900

18.    The Effect of Cooperative Learning Techniques on Students' Achievement in English Language

AMADBY Jasim

Alustath, 2006, 761-784

19.    .Investigating English as a Foreign Language in Planning, Designing and Developing Curriculum at Kurdistan Universities

PDAM Abbas, Tazhan Kamal Omer

Journal of Language Studies

6 (Issue 4 part 1), Pages (115-125)

20.    Investigating Principles and Models of Curriculum Development in some Iraqi  Kurdistan Regional Universities through Teachers’ Point of view

AITK Omer, AM Abbas

Journal of Language Studies. 6 (2), 123-141

21.    Investigating Kurdish Efl Student’s Translation Of Metaphorical Expressions At  The University Level

BAR Prof. Dr. Abbas Mustafa Abbas

journal of Language Studies 6 (Issue 3 Part 2), Pages 56-80

22.    Written And Spoken Discourse Markers: Attitudes Of Kurdish Efl University Instructors

PDAM Abbas, Rizgar Ahmed Haji Mohammed

Journal of Language Studies 6 (Issue 3 (Part 1)), Pages 30-51

23.    The Role of Humour in Motivating EFL University Students in Sulaimani City

Prof. Dr. Abbas Mustafa Abbas, Hevar Mohammed Tawfeeq-PhD Student

journal of Language Studies

2023, Volume 6, Issue 4 part 2, Pages 48-69