UNDERSTANDING THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE (CEFR) AND THE FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN THAILAND (FRELE-TH): IMPLICATIONS FOR THAILAND'S EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT
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Since Thailand is a member of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), English plays a vital role in this region for communication (Lekpetch, 2022). To integrate and compete in AEC, the Ministry of Education (MOE) has adapted a version of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR, 2001; Lekpetch, 2022) to develop a curriculum, teach, and assess Thai students learning competency. CEFR is a well-recognized framework in European countries. Many countries worldwide have adapted this framework to fit their local context, and Thailand is one of those. To help Thai students improve their English proficiency, in 2017, Thai scholars adapted CEFR as a Framework of References for Languages-Thailand (FRELE-TH). The aim was to establish the proficiency standards: the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) and the Common European Framework of References for Languages (CEFRLs) (Hiranburana et al. 2017) so that Thai learners would be able to compete not only within the ASEAN community but globally.
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