Rationale
actively remaining one of the world mediums of communication. English education has been
prevailing in Thailand for more than one hundred years. It is yet noticeable that many EFL
to work. Not only is it a troublesome for students but also a cost for time and our economy
as a whole. We need to prepare them for high-quality academic and professional goals.
Department of Western Languages, Naresuan University has been for years striving
for excellence in teaching, especially in English. Our focus is student learning and how best
to create an environment which interests students meaningfully. We also want our teaching to
be relevant and engaging in order to prepare our students for their futures. Expecting to be a
research-based university, we want to approach teaching in a scholarly way. This means taking
into account also the research on student learning, especially English, drawing upon established
Previously, starting the course by developing processes with an analysis of the target
group of students, we found many problems in EFL classes which were results of lack of teachers’
attention to learners’ interests and ignoring students as a source of essential information.