This course is designed to give students an overview of the basic concepts of language and linguistics. The course begins with a discussion on the linguistic system in general. In the following classes, students will learn the structure of human language in terms of sounds (phonology and phonetics), words (morphology), sentences (syntax) and meaning (semantics and pragmatics). This is an elementary level linguistics course that is designed to prepare students with the theoretical and technical foundations required for the more advanced courses in the ELT and Applied Linguistics stream.