Teaching and learning linguistics in higher education is very important especially for English students
because of learning language aspects. Linguistics is a course learnt by English students in Department of
English Education. In the process of teaching and learning linguistics, the lecturers should focus on the
outcome of the learning. They do not only demonstrate how to understand the branches of linguistics such
as morphology, semantics, discourse but they also should be able to make a successful teaching and
learning. One of the ways is by applying Outcome Based Learning (OBL) which is rarely applied. This
approach covers three basic elements: designing the course intended learning outcomes, designing teaching
and learning activities, and designing assessment. That is why the literature study is used to know whether
OBL can be a potential approach in teaching and learning a linguistics course in Department of English
Education. This article focuses on how OBL contributes in the teaching and learning a linguistics course
