Learning a new language compared to first language is always seen more sophisticated issue. Learners often find the difficulties of how to use the words properly once they are used as part of sentence. This is because generally a new language is learnt through disintegrated ways, such as learning words one by one, looking for the translation and memorizing the words. Content-Based Instruction has been proposed to overcome this problem as it has principle of not only learn the language but also learn everything by using language. This writing is aimed at defining content-based instruction as well as presenting the steps of how this approach can be matched within the needs of vocational students acquire English vocabulary in their more specific target language purposes.
Keywords: Content-Based Instruction- Culinary Arts- Vocabulary- Vocational High School.