Second, most of Thai learners need their English to soundas native7like as possible which is a prestige norm of spoken Englisheven though English is widely used in the region of South East sia,creating a great diversity of English e.g., alaysian English,Singaporean English, etc. This scenario seems to limit their choice of their e4posure to English. $e4t, since English in Thailand is a foreignlanguage, the e4posure of English to authentic language input of learners of English in Thailand is limited. ?astly, another dimensionwhich should be taken into account lies into English pronunciation of Thai teachers of English. These serious problems are e4clusivelyimportant, leading to a large volume of studies focusing on speakingability of Thai learners.