This account of English in the formal education system in Thailand traces briefly its
historical background and then looks at the teaching of English today. The country
itself has quite a complex sociolinguistic context and in order to understand the
teaching and learning of English, one must understand the basic tenets of the
culture. From this cross-cultural perspective, we can then understand some of the
new initiatives that are presently being taken in English Language Teaching in Thailand.
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