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International Mid Pac College (IMPAC) has been providing quality English instruction since 1991.  Our goal is to help you develop the effective, cross-cultural communication skills essential for success in today's globally competitive world.  

Our school is conveniently located in Honolulu, just minutes from beautiful Waikiki and the ala Moana Shopping Center.  Shopping, cultural activities and transportation are easily accessible. 

Curriculum: 

International Mid Pac College offers a dynamic, communicative-based curriculum that balances fluency and accuracy.  Grounded in communicative language teaching and cooperative learning, the IMPAC curriculum emphasizes authentic communication in a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere.

Moreover, the curriculum aims to improve the students' language and cross-cultural communication skills as well as their confidence to use these skills appropriately in professional, social and academic settings. 

The IEPP curriculum is based on three fundamental requirements as set forth by the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other languages (TESOL, 2003, p. 20): 1) the mission and philosophy of the program, 2) the needs and goals of the learners and 3) the ongoing process for curriculum revision in response to changes in the needs and goals of its learners. In addition to these fundamental requirements, the IEPP curriculum strives to maintain the curriculum standards advocated by TESOL in its 2003 publication ¡°Standards for Adult Education ESL Programs.¡±  These standards require the curriculum to include ¡°the goals, objectives, outcomes, approaches, methods, activities, materials, technological resources and evaluation measures that are appropriate for learners in multilevel classes¡± (TESOL, 2003, p. 20).                                      

Based on these standards, IMPAC has designed a communicative theme-based curriculum for the Intensive English Proficiency Program (IEPP).  Communicative language teaching (CLT) emphasizes authentic communication, learning through practice, and group work. The theme-based approach contextualizes learning, which is known to increase motivation, retention, and the development of academic literacy.

Along with CLT, the curriculum stresses Cooperative Learning (CL) in which all students are encouraged to work together on an equal basis to accomplish learning tasks.  According to Johnson, Johnson and Holubec (1993), this technique is invaluable in improving self-esteem and the enjoyment of school and multicultural relationships.  

These sound research based approaches and methodologies are appropriate for IMPAC students, the majority of whom have stronger reading skills and grammatical knowledge than communication skills.  While reading comprehension and grammatical, form based learning are still a large part of the learning process in the IEPP, fluency based communicative activities are given more weight to help students develop the vocabulary and pronunciation they need to communicate fluently in English.

The IEPP schedule is based around a core listening speaking class which lasts for two hours on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  Facilitating this core class are additional classes on pronunciation, vocabulary/idioms, grammar and writing/reading.

In addition, in the IEPP for Teachers, advanced learners study TESOL methodology to increase  their understanding of language acquisition and modern approaches and methods in second language education.