2012 The Year of Speaking English
Posted By Webmaster on February 7, 2012
2012 The Year of Speaking English:-
As you are undoubtedly aware, there has recently been a large amount of press coverage on the Ministry of Education’s (MoE) plans to achieve better English communication skills among Thai school and university students. This extremely imperative objective to enhance the English language speaking skill of young Thai citizens, which is supported by leading academics, writers to the correspondence pages of the newspapers and, it goes without saying, by English Click, is in recognition of the need for Thais to be fully equipped for the start of the Asean Community in 2015.

Thailand’s Ministry of Education focusing on English skills development ahead of the Asean Economic Community formation in 2015
The Asean Community will open up a free labor market among the ten member countries of Asean, with professionals and skilled workers who possess an advanced level of English language proficiency having the edge on other applicants for a job position, since this language is the common medium for international communication in both the public and private sectors.
Thus the MoE is quite correctly and realistically working to an agenda that will assist and support Thais to become competitive in the deregulated Asean Community, to the benefit of their incomes and advancement within their particular profession.
The achievement of students acquiring advanced English communication skills requires a fundamental change in the teaching approach at both school and university level. As educational specialist Mr Paron Israsena was recently quoted in The Bangkok Post as saying: “The old way of teaching English, which starts with grammar, must be scrapped and replaced with an emphasis on listening and speaking skills so that students are encouraged to speak up.”
This is exactly the same way that English Click thinks and accordingly the way we conduct our conversation lessons! We can provide a wide range of courses to prathom and mathayom school students, university students and adults that are simultaneously instructive and enjoyable.
We urge you to participate with us in 2012 the Year of Speaking English, and thereby improve your own or your son’s or daughter’s future prospects within the Asean Community.
English language vocabulary
undoubtedly aware (adverb + adjective): almost certainly know
press (noun): newspaper
imperative (adjective): absolutely necessary
it goes without saying (expression): obviously
edge on (noun + preposition): advantage
agenda (noun): plan
deregulated (adjective): free, not limited by government rules
acquiring (verb-noun): getting
fundamental (adjective): basic and major
scrapped (verb past participle): thrown away, cancelled
emphasis (noun): main stress
accordingly (adverb): consequently in agreement
simultaneously (adverb): at the same time
urge (verb): strongly ask
participate (verb): join and take part
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