Measuring Readability of Some Agricultural Extension Pamphlets Among Farmers in Some Villages in Assiut Governorate By using Cloze test | ||
| Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 15, Volume 52, Issue 5, December 2021, Pages 227-237 PDF (466.85 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2022.105171.1064 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Amro Bahaa El-Din Ahmed Elshrabassee* ; Maram Abdel-Latif Mostafa | ||
| Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This research aimed at: (1) Measuring readability of agricultural extension pamphlets among farmers using Colze test; (2) Examining the differences among the agricultural extension pamphlets according to their readability. The readability of four pamphlets (Maize, Sorghum, Grapes and Citrus) was measured by applying the cloze test. Data were collected using questionnaire forms from 120 farmers who were selected from four villages chosen from four districts in Assiut Governorate. Frequencies, percentages, arithmetic mean, and Kruskal-Wallis test were used for data presentation and analysis. The Colze test results indicated that the studies pamphlets generally fall within the frustration level for the respondents. The results also showed significant differences among the studied pamphlets according to their readability using cloze test. Finally, a set of recommendations were drawn for the officials of the agricultural extension pamphlets to help them improve their readability Readability, Cloze Test, Extension Pamphlets, Assiut Governorate Readability, Cloze Test, Extension Pamphlets, Assiut Governorate | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Readability; Cloze Test; Extension Pamphlets; Assiut Governorate | ||
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