Utilizing McCarthy Model to Enhancing EFL Learners’ Reading Skills at University Level

Utilizing McCarthy Model to Enhancing EFL Learners’ Reading Skills at University Level

Section: Article
Issue
Vol. 6 No. 22 (2026): issue 22
Published
Mar 1, 2026
Pages
1138-1105

Abstract





Engaging teaching method that caters for all the needs of language learners is every language teacher’s dream. From this perspective, the present study investigates experimentally the effectiveness of utilizing the McCarthy instructional model on enhancing five of the reading skills of the first-year EFL undergraduate students enrolled at the Department of English, College of Education for Humanities, University of Mosul in the second term of the academic year 2024-2025. The population of the study was all the first-year EFL undergraduate students enrolled at the Department of English whose total population is 397 students distributed across five-separate classes. Then, Group B and Group E were randomly chosen to be the study sample. After applying the matching procedures, the composition of both study groups changed in terms of participant numbers, 38 for each group, i.e. B and E, with a total number of 76 participants. To proceed, one group, viz. group B, was randomly chosen to be the experimental group; and E as the control. The manipulation group was instructed according to the McCarthy instructional model, whereas the comparison group was instructed according to the prescribed method, i.e. the lecture method. The intervention lasted for precisely 10 weeks and one day. Based on the results of the study, it was deduced that the McCarthy instructional model, which involves eight sequential activities developed to accommodate each of the four types of learners, using both left- and right-mode processing techniques in each quadrant, was corroborated to be overwhelmingly effective in enhancing first-year EFL undergraduate students’ reading skills





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Authors

Firas Muayyad Salih

University of Mosul / College of Education for Humanities / Department of English / Mosul - Iraq

Ramziya Khaleel Ismael

University of Mosul / College of Education for Humanities / Department of English / Mosul - Iraq

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فراس مؤيد صالح, & رمزية خليل اسماعيل. (2026). Utilizing McCarthy Model to Enhancing EFL Learners’ Reading Skills at University Level: Utilizing McCarthy Model to Enhancing EFL Learners’ Reading Skills at University Level. Journal of Education for the Humanities, 6(22), 1138–1105. Retrieved from https://jeh.uomosul.edu.iq/index.php/jeh/article/view/62399
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