Policy Direction for Thai English Language Education in an ASEAN Era: Aspirations vs Reality

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10.2991/assehr.k.200318.049How to use a DOI?

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ASEAN, English language education, higher education policy, intercultural communication, Thailand

Abstract

Since its inception in 1967, the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has had ambitious aspirations rooted in economic prosperity, stability for the region, regional co-operation and people-to-people interconnectivity.With reference to language and communication, ASEAN specifies English as the working language of the organization and the international language for communication between ASEAN peoples. This supranational level policy has implications for English language education in ASEAN countries, including Thailand. In this paper, I explore a selection of Thai higher education policies and focus on emerging themes regardingthe roles of English in Thailand and ASEAN and policy direction for English language education in Thai higher education. As supranational aspirations become operationalized through national level policy, this exploration may shed light on policy enactment in action and the likelihood of ASEAN aspirations being fulfilled.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sutraphorn Tantiniranat
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/24
TI  - Policy Direction for Thai English Language Education in an ASEAN Era: Aspirations vs Reality
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education and Social Science Research (ICESRE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 253
EP  - 257
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200318.049
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200318.049
ID  - Tantiniranat2020
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