Fouad Rashid Omar
Lec. , PhD
Email: [email protected]
Department : English Language Teaching
Dr. Fouad Rashid Omar is the Head of the Department of English Language Teaching at Knowledge University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Language from the College of Arts, University of Duhok (2010), a Master’s degree 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 academic institutions. His research interests include linguistics, pragmatics, semantics, second language acquisition, teaching methodologies, bilingualism, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics.
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).
- Semantics
- Pragmatics
- Evaluation and Measurement
- Language Testing
- Poetry
- Communication (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing)
- Academic Debate
- General Linguistics
- 19th Century Poetry
- Literary Criticism
- Late and Modern Poetry
- Communicative skills
- Comprehension
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Generative Syntax
- Translation
- Second Language Acquisition
- Language Acquisition
- Diversity in Education
- Reading and Writing
- Technology-assisted Language Learning
- Computer-assisted Language Learning
- Classroom Management and Lesson Planning
- Educational Psychology