Thailand: Entrance exam criteria draw flak over lack of languages

[Harold Schiffman]

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Bangkok Post



Entrance exam criteria draw flak over lack of languages



The exclusion of foreign languages other than English from the draft
university <http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/19Feb2008_news01.php>
entrance exam criteria has drawn strong opposition from foreign
language teachers. If other foreign languages were excluded from the
admission criteria, students would focus less on those subjects and
this would result in the scrapping of foreign language courses at
schools, said Khunying Wongchan Pinainitisastra, vice-chairwoman of
the Association Thailandaise des Professeurs de Francais, yesterday.



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http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/19Feb2008_news01.php


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