CBI allows for the complete integration of language skills.

The second language is simply the medium to convey informational content to the learner.

CBI integrates the learning of some specific subjectmatter content with the learning of a second language.

In CBI learners are focused on very useful, practical objectives as subject-matter is perceived to be relevant to long-term goals.

The overall structure of a CBI curriculum is dictated more by language forms and sequences than by the nature of the subject-matter.