SPEAKING AND LISTENING SKILLS OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKERS IN SALAH AL-DIN GOVERNORATE

A. Abdulwahhab, R.; S. Shada, M.; A. Mohammed, M.

doi:10.32649/ajas.2024.183727

	SPEAKING AND LISTENING SKILLS OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKERS IN SALAH AL-DIN GOVERNORATE
Anbar Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Volume 22, Issue 1, June 2024, Pages 234-249 PDF (508.02 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.32649/ajas.2024.183727
Authors
R. A. Abdulwahhab¹; M. S. Shada¹; M. A. Mohammed²
¹University of Tikrit - College of Agricultural
²General Directorate of Education of Salah Al-Din
Abstract
The search aimed to identify the speaking and listening skills of agricultural extension workers in general in Salah Al-Din Governorate. The research community comprised agricultural extension professionals from Salah Al-Din Governorate, represented by the divisions Tikrit, Samarra, Al-Dur, Al-Alam, the Extension Training Centre, and the Directorate of Agriculture's headquarters. There were a total of 93 agricultural employees with an agricultural scientific qualification. The questionnaire pre-test was conducted on an experimental sample of 20 agricultural extension workers. A random sample of 54% was chosen after the agricultural employees who appeared in the study were excluded. As a result, the sample of agricultural employees consists of 50 agricultural employees. The results showed that the majority of workers in agricultural extension in Salah Al-Din governorate have medium speaking and listening skills that tend to be low. This result may be ascribed to the fact that most respondents' terms of reference are not indicative, and they also conduct numerous extra tasks in addition to their indicative job. Hence, the result came at this level. The study's findings revealed a significant relationship between agricultural extension workers' speaking and listening skills and some independent factors (the level of education, the duration of job service, specialization, the duration of job service, and the attitude towards agricultural extension).
Keywords
Extension communication; Communication skills; Extension connection metho

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