หลักสูตรฐานสมรรถนะกับการเรียนการสอนภาษาอังกฤษในศตวรรษที่ 21 Competency-Based Curriculum with English Language Teaching in the 21st Century

Abstract

Competency-Based Curriculum is the curriculum that is designed to improve essential core competencies for the life of learners in the 21^st century. Learning management focuses on the behavior, action and potential of the learners. Learners do not acquire content knowledge that is few useful to learners.       Learner-centered teaching and learning encourages learners to express their own abilities proficiently, to learn depends on their needs, and interests. This enables learners to have self-directed learning, to have critical thinking, teamwork and communication skills. It also enables learners to acquire the knowledge and apply to the quality of life. English plays a dominant role in the 21^st century. Learners need to have English competency for communication. This leads to English language teaching as a second or foreign language in the 21^st century that is the Communicative Approach: Task-Based Learning, Content-Based Instruction, and Project-Based Learning. These help learners use English in real life, develop thinking, problem solving and collaboration skills. These are consistent with Competency-Based Curriculum that requires learners to develop essential core competencies to the life of the learners.