1. Title: The Way of the English Use of Businessmen for the ASEAN Economic Community in Chonburi Province.

2.  The importance of present-day English is that English is an international language used widely for communication in the world. English increasingly becomes vital in the society of the world and is the key to a successful career.  Because Thailand will be opened for the ASEAN economic community (AEC) in 2016, English is the most important language used in business communication; and “in article 34, it says that the working language of ASEAN shall be English” Introduction

3. The purposes of this study are:  to investigate the way of the English use of the businessmen and  to study their behavior of utilization for the ASEAN economic community. The purposes of this study

4. Both quantitative and qualitative researches are utilized in this study. Survey questionnaires and interviews were used in this study. The three types of the businessmen used in this research include: (1) the construction contractor, (2) the construction material traders, and (3) SME entrepreneurs. R ESEARCH M ETHODOLOGY

5. The three types of the traders used in this research include:  the construction contractor,  the construction material traders, and  SME entrepreneurs. Sample for this study

6. A total of 350 survey questionnaires are administered to potential respondents chosen from the three types of businessmen in Chonburi province. Instruments

7. Findings The findings showed that in the type of traders:  23 of the participants are construction contractors,  121 are construction material traders, and  206 are SME entrepreneurs.  The study of English in language institute is highly 51.4%.  The use of Google in translating English into Thai is 41.7%.  Learning English themselves is 41.1% respectively.