There are only 7 months left before ASEAN become ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), I think the using of English language skills is the most important in AEC.
ASEAN integration in 2015 may make English a lingua franca. Learning languages will be important. Thai students have been urged to improve their English and also learn a third language so they can compete with people from other Southeast Asian nations when the region becomes a single economic community of more than 600 million people in 2015.
Today "English" is the most spoken and written language on the earth and therefore it is considered as an universal language. At everywhere, English is the most commonly used language among the people to communicate with each other. If the two person from different location wants to communicate with each other then he will have to use English language as a bridge. This language connects two people of different countries, societies, cultures. That is why, we call it as the mother of all other languages.
Thailand's weakness was its language limitations, especially in English. He said Filipino laborers could speak better English than Thais, giving them a much better chance of getting hired in other countries.
We should remind ourselves that we should have two language to use because we not good in English we should try hard than other AEC countries. To know other is the best way to competition. If we don’t know English we will lose. ASEAN is like a big field of competition and the weapon is English language. English language that use in ASEAN is like a shield and sword, if we don’t have we die. English language is not hard to learn but to improve English is we have to practice every day and listen to whatever that is English. Thailand is weak in English that another AEC country. Thailand is rank 8 in the list of English language. That is the point we should try hard than other AEC countries because when AEC take place the competition will start, it like a big fish eat small fish if we don’t know how to speak how to communicate we are going to be a small fish eat by another big nine fish when the AEC start.
English language is the key to open the new community, new world, new friend, and new competition. If we don’t know English we do nothing. As I told you above how important of English language, do you think that English is an important language or not?. My answer is “yes”. Know English is easy to travel, easy to communicate, easy to talk to someone who speaks English too. Will you still do nothing or do something and get ready for ASEAN, the choice is yours.