A Brief Report on the Thai/TESOL Seminar : "Analysis of the 1986 English University Entrance Exam : Trends and Impact on the Teaching-Learning Process in the Classroom"

Authors

kanittha Vanikieti

Publication Date

1986-01-01

Abstract

Brief Reports and Summaries The seminar began with an interesting talk by Dr. Somthawil Dhanasobhon of Kasetsart University on the direction of this Year's English university entrance exams (both exams AB and ABC). She noted that the exams dealt mainly with the objectives of the English curriculum at the secondary level. Items covered a variety of language functions, and a greater percentage of the items were at the discourse level than on last year's exams. In both AB and ABC exams, English for everyday use and English for academic purposes had almost equal emphasis, while English for future careers was completely ignored. After considering these characteristics, Dr. Somthawil concluded that the exams in the past few years were satisfactory and suggested that English secondary school teachers aim at communicative language teaching in the classroom.

First Page

82

Last Page

82

Recommended Citation

Vanikieti, kanittha (1986) "A Brief Report on the Thai/TESOL Seminar : "Analysis of the 1986 English University Entrance Exam : Trends and Impact on the Teaching-Learning Process in the Classroom"," PASAA: Vol. 16: Iss. 2, Article 9.
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/pasaa/vol16/iss2/9