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Academic Profile of a Teaching Staff at Knowledge University
Dr. Fouad Rashid Omar is an instructor in the Department of English Language Teaching at Knowledge University. He holds a BA in English Language from Duhok University, College of Arts (2010), an MA in English Language Education from Girne American University, Cyprus (2017), and a PhD in English Language Teaching from Cyprus International University.
Since 2017, Dr. Fouad has been dedicated to teaching English at various institutes and universities. His research interests include linguistics, pragmatics, semantics, second language acquisition, teaching methodology, bilingualism, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics.
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Full Name: Fouad Rashid Omar
Academic Rank: Lecturer
Qualification: PhD
Post: Coordinator
Department: English Language Teaching
Mobile phone: (+964) - (0) 750 763-5007
ORCID: Fouad Rashid Omar (0000-0002-8973-4523) (orcid.org)
Google Scholar Link: Fouad Rashid Omar - Google Scholar
E-mail: fouad.omer@knu.edu.iq
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Teaching:
Diversity in Education (UG2)
Reading and Writing (UG2)
Educational Psychology (UG2)
Classroom Management and Lesson Planning (UG3)
Technology-assisted Language Learning (UG4)
Computer-assisted Language Learning (UG4/ College of Arts)
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Journal Papers:
Articles
Mehmood, N., Bashir, R., & Omar, F. (2020). Lexical and trope analysis of short story eleven. Journal of Critical Reviews, 7(6), 1496-1510.
Omar, F. & Mekael, H. (2020). Investigating EFL teachers' attitudes towards the use of authentic materials in teaching English in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. European Scientific Journal, 16(23), 131-150.
Abdullah, K., & Omar, F. (2020). The impact of drama-based instruction of English on EFL students’ interpretation of implied meanings. PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/ Egyptology, 17(7), 5967 – 5991.
Omar, F. (2021). The observation of Leech’s politeness maxims in Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House”: A sociopragmatic analysis. Qalaai Zanist Journal, 6(1), 920-932.
Omar, F.R., & Barzani, S.H.H. (2022). English writing errors of Kurdish EFL undergraduates: An error analysis. International Journal of Social Sciences and Educational Studies, 9(2), 256-266.
Omar. F. R. & Razı, Ö. (2022). Impact of instruction based on movie and TV series clips on EFL learners’ pragmatic competence: Speech acts in focus. Frontier in Psychology, 13:974757. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.974757
Al-dalawi, valan, Omar, F. R., Mahmood , M. A., & Mustafa , A. A. (2023). Friends’ Impact on Learners’ Motivation to Learn the English Language: Kurdish EFL Learners’ Attitudes. Koya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 6(1), pp. 160-169. doi: 10.14500/kujhss.v6n1y2023.pp160-169.
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Patents
Subbulakshmi, T., Omar, F., Agarwal, P., Agnihotr, K. Kumar, D., Saraswathi, D., Khan, N., Goel, A., Sofia, G., Palanimuthu, K., Sabarinathan, S., Manikandan, K. (2022). Deep learning technique to gauge between strengths and weaknesses of a person in handling emotional situations (India Patent No. 202241022413). Patentscope. https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=IN359995286&_cid=P21-L63M8M-04210-1.
Thomas, C., Vadivel, B., Omar, F., Mohammed, S., Shanmugam, N., Fatima, S., Paul, C., Girdharwal, N., Verma, M., Sharma, S., Preetham, k., Pimo, Er. (2022). Machine learning techniques in evaluation of web based instruction and cooperative learning on the students listing and speaking skill. (India Patent No. 202241032154). India. IN202241032154 MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES IN EVALUATION OF WEB BASED INSTRUCTION AND COOPERATIVE LEARNING ON THE STUDENTS LISTING AND SPEAKING SKILL (wipo.int).
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