Is English a must for Thai ?

It is disheartening to read School Daze blog. And it is very true that in the end of the day, Thais still are in the losing end.

It is time to look at the O-Net Test paper. If the test paper has a change, of which, it seems to be not at the moment., then there will be some changes in the teachers' qualities.

The bottom line is the government effort. How many Thais will need to converse in English in the daily activities?

Promoting a learning subject will need efforts from many quarters for example, the government, private sectors and as well as radio stations.

Is that wrong that Thais do not command good English language ?

Now, the question lies on who would need the language ? Not all the Europeans can speak good  English too. The evidences can be seen from the toruists in Thailand.

If the government can be more open to conduct different language tests in the O -Net, like Chinese, French, Melayu ( for the southern part) Japanese etc. There will be more Thai talents able to contribute to the nation growth.

Now, English seems to be the only subject be tested in the higher level. Looking at the south neighbours, how many language tests that a kid can take. But, at the same time, no all are language talents.

The prblems lie in the wrong implementation of native speaker project. It should train the local teachers first before starting the project. All teachers should have O Level English before they can take the job.

Just imagine a kid learn a language at school and after school, especially during the school holidays, he/she might not able to listen to the sound. To the learner, how and what his feeling is. Try it and see.