20 minutes ago, Been Away said:

That's a form of abuse, being a blue of course😀. But being serious, those who want to learn English need to practice speaking it.

As others have pointed out, many Thai teachers who are teaching English and foreigners who are masquerading as professional pedagogical teachers, need to understand the research on learning English effectively. Once you can learn to read and build up your vocabulary, then practice speaking. Sadly, most go with the grammatical rules and not the science behind effective communicative English.

Now, academic English proficiency requires different skills, but most people need effective English communication first.

A sixteen year old girl in the family came to me this week asking for help with her English (American) , which is taught at her school by Phillipino teachers. She says she cannot understand them. Hahaha.

I told her to speak only English with me, friends, my 6 year old grandson, etc. That is the best way to learn, same as we all did when we were children.

On 6/10/2026 at 4:52 PM, MarkBR said:

No fail policy must be got rid of. However, the problem then is how will the children of the rich & powerful get in to the 'best' Thai universities. So, the system will not change.

From what I observed in Australian Universities in the past fee payers didn't fail either.