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143  The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Volume IV - 2012 / ə z/. In addition, in fl ection at the syntax level, for example subject and verb agreement, is more complicated. Thus, English competency should be developed along with both communicative and linguistic competence in the learning process and the way that the various aspects of in fl ection are presented and taught in the classroom has to be reconsidered. In fl ection should not be taught as separate from the other various elements, but they should all be taught in an integrated system at the beginner and elementary levels. In other words, in fl ection should be explained and taught in context during classroom activities when practising reading comprehension and speaking skills. The implication of this correlation is that changes and adjustments to language teaching programs should be considered by schools and institutes. This language curriculum reform should focus on providing students with courses that emphasize in fl ection and in fl ectional variations and exceptions. Universities could also be encouraged to provide more activities and opportunities for using English for both communicative skills and linguistic competence, in order to improve students’ second language acquisition in the future. These fi ndings regarding the complexity of noun, verb and adjective in fl ection usage in the English language are in line with the statement of Conway (1998); “The English language is overburdened with idiosyncratic grammatical features, a legacy of its eclectic accretion over 1500 years. One unfortunate consequence of this otherwise admirable richness is that automatically generating correct English is fraught with dif fi culty. Composing the simplest of sentences may require quite sophisticated semantic understanding to enable the correct syntax to be chosen.” References Baker W, 2002. English past simple & present perfect in relation to Thai learners. Karen’s Linguistics Issues. Retrieved January 18, 2012, from http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/thai.html Conway DM, 1998. An algorithmic approach to English pluralization, in C. Salzenberg (ed), Proceedings of the Second Annual Perl Conference, SanJose, CA, USA, 17-20 August, 1998, O’Reilly, p.17. Suwaree Yordchim