Abstract: Here a general description of the course reform of General Linguistics at Beijing Normal University is reported. First, a three-level course goal, namely, knowledge, skill and ability is introduced. Then, a practical reform scheme is put forward consisting of five aspects: teaching and learning content, methodology, experiential subjects, procedure and assessment, the focus of which lies in a three-subject interactive model with a question-oriented route: teacher, assistant and student. Finally, objective descriptions from students’ responses are presented. Remaining issues are also laid out for further thinking.