Data on new media use for agricultural training and research at Agricultural Services and Training Centre (ASTC)

effect of listening strategy training on iranian efl learners listening comprehension and use of strategies

this study aimed to investigate the effects of listening strategy training on iranian efl learners listening comprehension and use of such strategies. this work, employing an experimental methodology, was conducted among 60 adult efl learners from a language institute in isfahan, iran, as participants. the participants, who were selected based on the results of a placement test, were assigned t...

Smallholder Farmers’ Participation in Agricultural Training and Demonstration in Ethiopia: Implications for Inclusive Targeting by Agricultural Extension Services

Small farms and smallholder farming systems play crucial roles in agricultural development in many developing countries. From the various rural development programs designed to support such farming systems, agricultural extension services are of at most importance. However, the benefit that farmers obtain from these services and the resulting impact depends, to a great extent, by their direct a...

Agricultural Education and Training Access Barriers Report

Backpercolation Training of Neural Networks for Agricultural Land Use Classification with Landsat-tm Data

The recently published backpercolation algorithm for the training of neural networks will be compared with the backpropagation and quickpropagation algorithm by means of "artificial" classification problems (e.g. XOR, M-N-M decoder) and serveral others. Within all classification schemes the backpercolation algorithm is much more efficent and even successful where the other training schemes are ...

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...