What of the future of English in Thailand? In Thai culture. Prime Ministers,
high govemment officials and business entrepreneurs will often seek
the advice of fortune tellers or astrologists. Indeed, even in the realms of
the sciences, futurologists inhabit a frontierland between historical facts
and guesses about the future. Most strategic planning by large corporations
employs some kind of mix of empirical evidence together with
insights and judgements. It would, therefore, be tempting fate to predict
what the future might hold for English in Thailand