{"id":44898,"date":"2025-07-25T08:27:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/arts\/?p=44898"},"modified":"2025-07-25T08:27:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:27:55","slug":"international-scholar-joins-masters-thesis-defense-committee-at-college-of-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/arts\/2025\/07\/25\/international-scholar-joins-masters-thesis-defense-committee-at-college-of-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"International Scholar Joins Master’s Thesis Defense Committee at College of Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a demonstration of academic collaboration and engagement with international universities, Professor Dr. Florin Mihai<\/b> from the College of Arts, University of Florida, USA, served on the examining committee for a master’s thesis in the English Language Department at the College of Arts, University of Mosul.<\/p>\n

The thesis, titled “Exploding the Relationship between Learning Styles and Reading Achievement of Iraqi EFL Learners at University Level<\/b>,” was defended on Thursday, July 24, 2025<\/b>. The Dean of the College, Professor Dr. Hatem Fahd Al-Tai, the Head of the Department, Dr. Salih Abdullah Abdulrahman, and several faculty members attended a portion of the defense.<\/p>\n

The study, presented by student Nada Izzat Ibrahim, explored the relationship between learning styles, as per the VARK learning model, and reading comprehension achievement among Iraqi second-year English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners at the university level.<\/p>\n

The thesis aimed to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Identify the prevalent individual learning style among the learners.<\/li>\n
  2. Determine whether students primarily use a unimodal or multimodal learning style for reading comprehension.<\/li>\n
  3. Compare the reading comprehension performance of students who use individual versus multiple learning styles.<\/li>\n
  4. Investigate the relationship between students’ learning styles and their reading comprehension achievement at the university level.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The examining committee comprised:<\/p>\n