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'''Content-based instruction''' ('''CBI''') is a significant approach in [[language education]] (Brinton, Snow, & Wesche, 1989), designed to provide second-language learners instruction in content and language (hence it is also called ''content-based language teaching''; ''CBLT''). CBI is considered an empowering approach which encourages learners to learn a language by using it as a real means of communication from the very first day in class.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Content-based instruction in foreign language education : models and methods|last=Stryker, Stephen B., ed. Leaver, Betty Lou, ed.|date=1997|publisher=Georgetown University Press|isbn=087840659X|oclc=807888212}}</ref> The idea is to make them become independent learners so they can continue the learning process even outside the class.<ref name=":0" />

Historically, the word ''content'' has changed its meaning in second language teaching. Content used to refer to the methods of [[Grammar–translation method|grammar-translation]], [[audio-lingual method]]ology, and [[vocabulary]] or sound patterns in dialog form.