English Proficiency of Thai Learners and Directions of English Teaching and Learning in Thailand
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This paper presents the findings from an investigation of English proficiency of Thai students who took the Chulalongkorn University Test of English Proficiency (CU-TEP) in 2001. It was found that the majority of the students could not meet the standard required to study at the graduate level at Chulalongkorn University. This calls for an urgent need to enhance the English proficiency of Thai students at various levels. Components of the English syllabus, namely course goals and objectives, materials, tasks and activities, testing and evaluation as well as the roles of teachers and students have to be reconsidered. Directions and ways to help Thai students acquire the target language and prepare them to be qualified world citizens in the era of globalization will be discussed.
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