Thailand: Exam foreign language change upsets teachers

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


Bangkok Post



Exam foreign language change upsets teachers



Foreign language teachers are upset about proposed criteria for the 2010
university entrance exam, which excludes foreign languages other than
English from the test. They demanded the Council of University Rectors
rethink the criteria it proposed on Feb 16, or else they would mobilise high
school and university students on the street to protest. The call came at a
meeting of academics and 150 experts in French, German, Chinese and Japanese
languages. Former culture minister Khunying Khaisri Sri-aroon said the
council could not explain such a big and backwards step. The council claimed
that testing students in other foreign languages would lead to problems as
exam organisers would have to draw up 17 different language test papers. The
teachers say that stand is selfish and unacceptable.



Full story:

http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/02Mar2008_news05.php




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Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
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