Poor English Skills Case Study

Academic Reasons Why Thai People Has Poor English Skills

English is more and more crucial than in the past since the world has become globalized. People in almost countries use English for international communication. Nevertheless, Thailand is one of the most well-known countries that people suffer from communication problems with other countries in the ASEAN Economic Community. According to the EF English Proficiency Index 2015, Thailand has a poor standard in speaking English that is ranked at 14th from 16 countries and 62nd from 70 countries around the world (Fredrickson, 2016). Consequently, governments try to provide English to be a mandatory subject to their citizens in order to handle the language education in many fields such as education,

Ancient people give priority to their own languages rather than others. The fact from “Thailand is the only country” (2013) reveals that Thai people in the past used only Thai language because Thailand is the only one country in Southeast Asia that was never colonized by foreign countries as same as other regions. For example, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines were colonized by European countries in the past (Citrinot, 2010). These countries did not only end up losing their independence but also enforce to use English as a primary language because in the past, if strong countries want to be above some countries completely, they will occupy the country and the culture; as a result, these colonized countries have to speak English as official language inevitably. This illustrates that colonized countries obtain numerous advantages to communicate and negotiate internationally, while dependent countries such as Thailand might face difficulties in these

The classroom is one of the most influent places that obstruct student’s mind. Psychological factors, such as the fear of making mistakes, shyness, anxiety, lack of confidence and lack of motivation, are significant problems that make students feel uncertain from speaking English (Juhana, 2012). It is undeniable that the style of most Thai schools is familiar with grade students rather than give a feedback. To demonstrate, teachers always give some comments in terms of grade on their student’s assignment in the class, but they do not usually explain to students about their mistakes. As a result, students might not understand their weakness and be fear to use it again. Besides, many students may obtain some psychological impacts from a study in classes. Learning with Thai teachers makes students do not have opportunities to practice speaking English with native teachers. Therefore, when Thais confront situations that enforce them to speak English, they might worry about other people to look down on their pronunciation and fear to speak foreign languages with people in the