Question 1: Although many English test results of Thai people or Thai students were unsatisfactory as
mentioned earlier, why were problems involving teachers, curricula and textbooks, assessment, and factors
contributing to successful teaching seen at a moderate level in the current study?
It is likely that two main reasons are involved in answering this question. First and foremost, the Thailand
Education Reform Project, 2002, may have helped subside the seriousness of the problems as cited in Tantranon
(2009):