Using a Languaging Curriculum to Enhance Students’ Linguistic and Non-linguistic Skills

Recently, many ELT studies have shifted their focuses from traditional linguistic approaches to languaging curriculums which aim at encouraging learners to do things using English in the real world with the help of any available sources, especially abundant ones like online tools and platforms. This research examines 50 participants who are architecture and design students studying in an international program at a Thai university. It aims to investigate their opinions and attitudes in an English course, following the principles of English as a lingua franca (ELF) and languaging research areas. Also, the study questions on what skills the students acquire through learning this course since its focus is not on the linguistic aspects but on how students can achieve their goals by learning that they are able to do other things in English (Lado, 1979; Thibault, 2017). Each student was encouraged to do reviews on a product and a type of media in both text and video practices. Instead of ‘learning’ the English language, they used it and felt satisfied with the course due to their opinions and attitudes shown in questionnaires and reflection reports. Both linguistic and non-linguistic skills were also mentioned as acquired skills they achieved after being taught in this course.