När det gäller medioker förmåga att tala och förstå engelska så är ju Yingluck knappast ensam om det i Thailand.
Och hon själv tycker nog att hon är riktigt duktig, jämfört med sina gamla klasskamrater från Thailand.
Jag kan rekomendera en bra artikel som handlar om varför nivån på Engelskakunskaper är så pass dålig i landet.
Här nedan några utdrag från artikeln:
Most Thai students feel about an English class the way they feel about a dentist appointment.
For some it must feel like a tooth-pulling appointment. A third-year student at Srinakharinwirot University said:
[My friends] don’t study English that much because they are scared of speaking English.
English: The fearsome language
I guess it’s not so easy to do well at what you are afraid of. But why do Thais feel such an aversion to English in the first place?
Do Thais really dislike English? Is it fear of the language itself, fear of the learning process, or fear of the embarrassment for not being able to speak it?
Anyone who has spent some time in Thailand would have observed the fear of speaking English among the general population in daily life. Shop assistants, service workers, even university-educated office employees can be commonly seen scrambling to find someone else other than themselves to speak English to a foreigner needing assistance. Telephone calls from English-speaking customers are put on hold or given one transfer after another. It looks as though Thais have a pathological fear of speaking English.
Of course, not all Thais have Anglophobia. There are odd Thai students who want to practice English and try their best to communicate in the language. Some fortunate ones enjoying good English instruction at (often expensive and highly competitive, elite) public or private Thai schools can conduct a reasonable conversation in English. A tiny minority whose parents can afford tuition at quality international schools learn to speak English like native speakers from an early age.
http://asiancorrespondent.com/78647/thai-education-failures-part-4-dismal-english-language-education/
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