SOCIAL SKILLS OF EXTENSION WORKERS IN SOME GOVERNORATES OF EGYPT

The research aimed at identifying the level of social skills for extension workers, the level of verbal communication skills, the level of non-verbal communication skills and the difference between them. The research sample was selected randomly from village agricultural extension workers in nine districts which were selected from three randomly selected govemorates: Menoufia, Assiut, and Qena. The total sample was 247 respondents. Data were collected by personal interviews using a pretested questionnaire, and the following statistical methods were used: Simple correlation coefficient, Cronbach coefficient, frequendes, percentages, weighted mean, and (t-D ) test. The main findings of this research could be summarized as follows: 1. The general level of six social skills was ( interrnediate ) in general, with an average of 292.17 equated to a relative average of 64.9%. 2. The level of respondents verbal communication skills was ( intermediate ) in general, with an average of 152.98 equated to a relative average of 67.99%. There was one item in each of the two studied skills: social control and social sensitivity was ( less than intermediate level ). 3. The level of respondents non-verbal communication skills was ( intermediate ) in general, with an average of 139.19 equated to a relative average of 66.86%. The level of emotional expression was relatively low among respondents non-verbal communication skills. There were seven items of non‌verbal communicating skills with a ( less than intemlediate level ). 4. There were a significant difference at 0.01 level between the total average of respondents verbal communication studied skills and their total average degree of non-verbal communication studied skills. 5. There were a significant differences at 0.01 level between the average degrees of each verbal communication skills and non-verbal skills, in favor of verbal communication skills.