It can be said that up to now English language teaching in Thailand has not prepared
Thais for the changing world. Thailand will lag behind in the competitive world of business,
education, science and technology if the teaching and learning of English is not improved.
Here are some comments concerning the importance of English and the problems of English
language teaching in Thailand. Dr. Rom Hiranyapruek, director of Thai Software Park,
stated that English is as important to the domain of information technology as other
infrastructures. Thais have high proficiency in technology but because of our below average
English competence, we cannot make much progress in terms of science and technology.