Factors that Influence the Success of CBI
- The integration of language and content remains an ongoing issue (Mohan, 1986).
- There is much evidence supporting the effectiveness of some of the
more successful CBI implementations (e.g., Kasper, 1997 and Pally, 2000
for college-level ESL implementations; Wesche, 2001 for Canadian immersion programs).
- The effectiveness of CBI appears to be influenced by a number of factors including: (a) program setting and curriculum, (b) characteristics of teachers, (c) characteristics
of learners, and (d) resource availability.These factors will be addressed
in the following sections.