Introduction to Linguistics II is a course which is addressed to second year BA students at the Department of English, University of Jijel. After being introduced to linguistics during their first year, the present course completes the introduction to the field and helps students in examining the different linguistic theories and approaches of the 20th century. It particularly aims at providing them with the necessary linguistic background via tracking the development of linguistics over the years. It also allows them fathom the discrepancies existing between various linguistic approaches, their strengths and weaknesses. Not only the course is of a theoretical nature, but also of a practical one whereby the students can use language and provide examples when discussing linguistic notions.