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'''Content-Basedbased Instructioninstruction''' ('''CBI''') is a significant approach in [[language education]] (Brinton, Snow, & Wesche, 1989). CBI is designed to provide second-language learners instruction in content and language.

Historically, the word ''content'' has changed its meaning in language teaching. Content used to refer to the methods of [[Grammar translation|grammar-translation]], [[Audio-Lingual Method|audio-lingual methodology]] and [[vocabulary]] or sound patterns in dialog form. Recently, content is interpreted as the use of subject matter as a vehicle for second or foreign language teaching/learning.