Abstract: This paper deals with the identification of English literature roles in ESL/EFL classrooms and targets the benefits of collaborating content-based instruction and literature teaching across the curriculum. First, definitions of CBI model and its various programs are given; afterwards, it has been tried to touch the benefits of incorporating English literature into a CBI program. Following that, the objectives and the activities in this kind of CBI model are stated and finally the writer introduces some evaluation techniques and tools for assessing both the subject matter and language skills simultaneously. As a bottom line some concluding comments regarding this paper are placed at the end of the paper.