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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Posted By Webmaster on December 17, 2011

A New Year wish: Further advances with English language communication:-

The current year is now nearly at an end and it is an appropriate time to reflect on one’s personal development over the past 12 months – what one has successfully achieved and any areas where further application is still desirable. I earnestly hope that improved English communication skills are high on your list of achievements!

English Click wish all of our clients & friends a Merry Christmas and a safe, prosperous 2012 (2555) and look forward to helping you further your English language communication skills.

Whether or not you have made advances in English language communication during 2011, we at English Click would like to stress that the acquisition of second language proficiency is a continuing process and not just a short term exercise.

We wish to be at your service by playing an important role in enhancing your or your staff’s personal development next year, by providing you with effective English instruction and training over the coming months.

At English Click we offer a large range of courses to suit your particular needs, including English language communication tuition for young learners that can include math’s and science, IELTS preparation, professional and industry specific English language communication training, as well as English language communication tuition in general and business conversation and writing.

At English Click our qualified and experienced teachers strive hard ensure that all English language communication tuition classes achieve measurable progress among the students and are also an enjoyable experience for them.

A fundamental purpose of English Click is to help Thai people develop their English language communication skills so that they can lead a fully satisfying and rewarding life, both in the Asean community and the international world of the 21st-century.

To all our readers of Talking Point, and to past, present and future clients and students of English Click, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy, healthy, safe and prosperous New Year.

English language vocabulary
appropriate (adjective): fitting

reflect on (verb + preposition): think about

application (noun): work on

earnestly (adverb): sincerely

acquisition (noun): gain

role (noun): part

enhancing (verb – present participle): improving

strive (verb): work

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Posted By Webmaster on October 31, 2011

Training to increase productivity and profitability:-

I recently had the pleasure of catching up with an old friend of mine who is a specialist at training to increase productivity and profitability while he was visiting Bangkok. Our conversation provided me with a trigger to focus my thoughts on the importance, value and results of corporate training to increase productivity and staff development.

English language training to increase productivity makes staff a more valuable asset for the company

Firstly, there is the effect on the individual staff member: a training programme will enhance the employee’s knowledge and skills and quality of output, as well as helping in developing motivation, loyalty and positive attitudes. An employee who underoes special courses of training to increase productivity will become better acquainted with the requirements of his or her job and will need less supervision – thus there will be less wastage of time and effort.

Furthermore, staff who receive training to increase productivity become eligible for promotion and consequently become a more valuable asset for the company.

Secondly, continuing professional development engenders a more elevated level of morale, job satisfaction and team spirit among the staff, desirable contributing factors to high standards of quality in the workplace and to the success of the organization. Moreover, training to increase productivity also helps in creating a better corporate image.

Thirdly, as supremely important tangible benefits for the company, staff who undergoe training to increase productivity will provide increased profitability – a valuable and positive return on the monetary outlay for the training programme.

English language training to increase productivity is clearly a vital area for management and staff professional development in today’s ever expanding international arena for government, professional and commercial organizations in Thailand, since English is the universal language of communication.

English Click can deliver English language training to increase productivity programmes to suit the specific needs and specialist requirements of organizations based in Thailand so that they reap the benefits described in the three paragraphs above.

English language vocabulary:
catching up with (verb + preposition + preposition): meeting and talking to again

trigger (noun): mechanism to start an action

motivation (noun): reason to do things

loyalty (noun): remaining committed to an organization

acquainted with (verb + preposition): knowledgeable about

engenders (verb): brings about

more elevated (adverb + adjective): higher

morale (noun): employees’ joint feeling towards an organization

desirable (adjective): to be wished for

tangible (adjective): real and can be shown

arena (noun): field

universal (adjective): worldwide

reap (verb): gather or collect

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Posted By Webmaster on October 25, 2011

IELTS – Gateway to a successful career:- 

Each year, thousands of Thai students invest their time and money enrolling for a degree course at a university in one of the English speaking countries, for which a successful pass of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is a prerequisite.

Success in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is required for international university courses. หลักสูตรเตรียมตัวสำหรับการสอบ IELTS

Some students, predominantly having attended an international school in Thailand, enter these overseas universities for their first degree, while the remainder go abroad for a second degree, having already achieved their bachelors at a Thai university.

In my opinion, the pursuit of a tertiary qualification in an English speaking university is a wise investment, since the student receives high quality tuition and concurrently is presented with a perfect opportunity to enhance his or her English language skills.

The overseas universities offer a wide range of degree courses, with vocationally-based fields of study, such as tourism, business administration, finance and marketing, being popular choices for Thai students. With the significant decline in the value of the British pound and the American dollar against the Thai baht, the cost of learning in these countries is now lower than two years ago.

Student desirous of pursuing these courses of study must sit and achieve a specific band level score in the International English Language Testing System – IELTS, which is also recognized and accepted by many American universities for their entry requirements.

Before taking the IELTS exams it is important for students to prepare for and practice each of its four components – reading, writing, listening and speaking – if they wish to attain an IELTS score that will be accepted by the university of their choice.

English Click provides expert and comprehensive IELTS preparation tuition through its experienced native English speaking teachers and also gives advice and tips on how to gain good scores in the IELTS exams.

English language vocabulary:

prerequisite (noun): required condition

predominantly (adverb): for the most part

remainder (noun): rest

pursuit (noun): working towards

concurrently (adverb): at the same time

attain (verb): reach, achieve

comprehensive (adjective): full

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Posted By Webmaster on October 15, 2011

Advanced English language skills essential for Thai school students to succeed:-

The future career path and success of an individual is undoubtedly heavily influenced by the nature and quality of education that he or she receives and this is particularly the case for Thai school students.

It therefore follows that a nation’s education system should be directed into providing its school children with the most effective and appropriate curriculums to prepare Thai school students for the increasingly international environment of the 21st-century.

English language courses for Thai school students helps those who are enrolled in either international schools or bi-lingual programs.

In particular, the place of English language acquisition by Thai school students is of supreme importance in today’s and tomorrow’s world. The necessity to communicate in English is occasioned by the huge volume of relationships, both in the public and the private sector, that exist between Thai institutions and companies and those from around the world, with the English language being the common medium of interchange.

Recent surveys indicate that the English language skills of the Thai population generally rank lower than people from the other developed countries within ASEAN, and this situation is to be viewed with concern with the imminent deregulation of the ASEAN labour market.

English Click is committed to the objective that Thai school students should attain the highest possible level of English language proficiency. To that end, we provide English language courses, delivered by qualified and experienced teachers, to Thai school students at both prathom and mathayom level to help them improve their ability and skills.

Moreover we can extend our tuition to include other subjects, for example mathematics and science, for those Thai school students who are currently attending, or wish to attend, English or International Programmes at their school.

English language vocabulary
influenced (verb): affected
supreme (adjective): highest
occasioned (verb): caused
interchange (noun): meeting point
rank (verb): be placed
deregulation (noun): freeing up

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Posted By Webmaster on October 3, 2011

Effective English skills necessary for Thailand’s business economy to compete:-

In a recent newspaper article Dr. Aat Pisanwanich, Director of the International Trade Studies Centre of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, propounds that Thailand’s business economy needs to make major improvements in communication skills and learning the ways that businesses operate in other countries if they want to remain competitive in the increasingly integrated ASEAN market:

For Thailand’s business economy to compete it needs to improve its English skills before the Asean Economic Community comes into effect in 2015

“We (Thailand) have to improve a lot, especially in language for communication, and must learn more about each other in ASEAN.”

Dr. Aat points out that other ASEAN countries, such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam are becoming more serious competitors in a scenario that includes the full economic and labour liberalisation under the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015. He also quotes rice, rubber, sugar, automotive, electrical appliances and electronics as strong export growth sectors for Thailand.

On the subject of communication, effective English skills are necessary with English the common language for international trade, with English skills proficiency needing to be raised across all levels of the workplace if Thailand is to keep up with the economic growth achieved by other developed countries in South East Asia. To address this requirement, English Click can provide the appropriate training to enhance management and workers English skills in particular industry sectors.

English language vocabulary

propounds (verb): puts forward for consideration

integrated (adjective): combined to make a whole

scenario (noun): situation

address (verb): deal with

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Posted By Webmaster on September 26, 2011

Advanced English language skills essential for Thailand’s business economy to remain competitive:-

I have read with great interest two recent authoritative newspaper articles that reinforce what we at English Click believe is absolutely necessary for Thai citizens to ensure that Thailand’s business economy keeps pace with other Asian countries’ performance and also to advance their own career path – the acquisition of advanced English language skills.

Advanced English language skills essential for Thailand’s business economy to remain competitive

The first article is very critical of the Thai education system, which the writer of the piece believes, is having a negative effect on Thailand’s competitive edge in the region. The main faults of the system are highlighted as overcrowded classrooms and an inward-looking curriculum that emphasizes rote-learning.

This situation, it is argued, has serious implications on the nation’s chances of successful competition in the business area in South East Asia and therefore serious implications for Thailand’s business economy:

“It’s easier to find young, versatile, highly skilled and English-speaking workers in Singapore, Taiwan and China,” said a US chief executive at a major Bangkok-based company. Not surprisingly, the executive quoted includes the ability to speak English as a necessary qualification for good staff.

The article goes on to focus on the relative standing of Thailand in regard to English language skills. Because of the shortcomings in the country’s education system, the local workforce has weak proficiency compared with other nations. The Swiss-based Institute of Management Development places Thailand at number 54 out of a total of 56 countries it rated for English language proficiency, the second lowest in Asia. Singapore was ranked #3 and Malaysia #28.

The second newspaper article presents a similar message and quotes extensively Sakkarin Niyomsilpa from Mahidol University’s Institute for Population and Social Research, who says that Thailand’s business economy weakness is its language limitations, especially in English.

It is a necessity for Thai people to improve their English language capability to the same level as other Asian countries to enable  Thailand’s business economy to remain competitive. He also added that the government should develop more skilled workers for the automotive and petrochemical industries, while more students should be trained in tourism and medical services.

English Click delivers a wide range of courses, general and specific, that will enable students to enhance their English language skills for Thailand’s business economy, a qualification that without question is absolutely necessary for their own and the Thailand’s business economy advancement.

English language vocabulary

authoritative (adjective): written or said by an expert person

keeps pace with (verb / noun / preposition): moves at the same speed as, does not fall behind

acquisition (noun): getting

emphasizes (verb): stresses

rote-learning (noun): learning by memory from tables, books etc.

implications (noun): possible effects

versatile (adjective): able to do many tasks, multi-skilled

quoted (verb): who said the words

proficiency (noun): level of ability

similar (adjective): much the same

enhance (verb): improve

advancement (noun): progress

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Posted By Webmaster on February 8, 2011

English Language within professions and industries

One of the fascinating aspects of business English language is the huge range of particular vocabulary and expressions that apply across different professions and industries. Fortunately the leading publishers of business English language course books are fully aware of the different contexts that English Language usage varies within professions and industries and each year add new titles to meet the needs of each sector of the economy.

English Language usage varies within professions and industries and English Click offer courses at management or staff levels for most. Photo: John Le Fevre

The list below gives an example of some of the particular industries or departments that are now catered for by specialized course books that focus on the English Language usage within different professions and industries:

• Automobile Industry

• Energy Industry

• Logistics

• Oil and Gas

• Pharmaceutical Industry

• Telcoms and Information Technology

• Aviation (for pilots)

• Customer Care

• Human Resources

• Marketing and Advertising

• Sales and Purchasing

English Click offers inter-active training courses on English Language usage within particular industries and professions that will give you or your staff the confidence to operate as effectively as possible in today’s global environment.

English language vocabulary

fascinating (adjective): very interesting

aware of (adjective + preposition): know

titles (noun): books

catered for (verb past participle + preposition): served by

environment (noun): conditions

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Posted By Webmaster on January 20, 2011

Investing abroad requires advanced English language skills

A recent newspaper article reported that Staporn Kavitanon, chairman of the prime minister’s economic advisory team, has proposed the establishment of a $1 billion revolving fund to support Thai investment abroad. Furthermore, the Board of Investment is expected to hire consultants this month to study how to promoteThai investment abroad.

Staporn Kavitanon, chairman of the prime minister’s economic advisory team

The implication of this positive initiative is that Thai business activity will become more international and hence the need for Thai management and staff to be able to posses effective English language skills.

An earlier study by the Board of Investment identified investment potential in other countries as:

• Construction
• Petrochemicals
• Tourism
• Fisheries
• Livestock
• Mining
• Jewellery
• Textiles
• Automobiles.

English Click offers a range of courses to improve the English language skills of managers, the English language skills of executives and their assistants and a range of English language skills courses with special focus on particular industries, to assist companies who wish to invest abroad. Moreover, these courses can also specialize in specific areas of corporate activity, for example finance, international law and marketing.

English language vocabulary

establishment (noun): setting up

promote (verb): help and advance

implication (noun): suggested result

initiative (noun): new move

hence (conjunction): therefore, thus

potential (noun): having the possibility of a good development

livestock (noun): animals for food

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Posted By Webmaster on December 20, 2010

New Year resolution – Improve your English language skills

As the year draws to a close, it is common practice to make ‘new year resolutions’, that is – to decide and plan on certain actions for the coming year that will make your personal and professional life better and to eliminate habits that you think are undesirable.

There is a wide choice of resolutions that a person can make and the ones actually selected depend on the particular areas that an individual considers need to be attended to, for example: eat healthier food, be more tidy, get up earlier! The important factor is to try to keep to your resolutions for the whole year ahead.

Consider a commitment to improving your English language skills as a New Year's resolution.

At English Click would like to suggest to you that improving your English language skills makes for a very positive and highly rewarding new year resolution. Improving your English language skills will undoubtedly place you in a better position to succeed and make progress in your professional life, given that English is the international language of organizational and corporate activity.

We are also quick to point out that our lessons to improve your English language skills are designed to be an enjoyable experience, and not a dreary chore, and thus our suggested new year resolution to improve your English language skills”can brighten up your life as well as being extremely useful.

As a closing message to all our readers of Talking Point and to past, present and future clients and students of English Click, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy, healthy, safe and prosperous New Year.

English language vocabulary

draws to (verb + preposition): comes to

eliminate (verb): put an end to

undesirable (adjective): not wanted

selected (verb / adjective): chosen

makes for (verb + preposition): provides

rewarding (adjective): giving one satisfaction or benefit (e.g. money, a gift)

undoubtedly (adverb): certainly

point out (verb + preposition): inform, indicate

dreary chore (adjective + noun): boring task

prosperous (adjective): rich

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