A Review of CBI Foreign Language Teaching Research in China within Recent 20 Years

In this paper,we review the research on CBI(content—based instruction),a foreign language teaching approach,which was introduced into China 20 years ago.By analyzing the changing focus of researches on CBI and evaluating this approach to foreign language teaching,we hope shadow some light on better CBIfocused researches and we believe that it is possible and feasible to better apply CBI to foreign language teaching in China.