Capacity-building in language and culture Education for ASEAN in the 21s century
In this context, The 21 st Century has the potential to be wonderful and extraordinary “how do we make the best of this extraordinary century?”
Thailand is at the crossroad of Asia and ASEAN/AEC. It is at the crossroads geographically and in other ways – literally at the centre of everything – whether migrant workers, tourists or the people of Thailand. For Thailand to fulfil the important role that comes from being at the centre of everything, proficiency in English is critically important. But Thailand seems to be under-performing on international measures of English language proficiency and rapid action (short and mid-term) is required to remedy the situation.