There are thirty small classrooms, a well-equipped language laboratory, a library, a lounge, a lecture room, and offices. Smoking is strictly prohibited in the building. The objective of the Program is to provide students with intensive oral-aural language instruction, and to further reading ability in general materials and, as appropriate, in various disciplines or professional fields. ICLP focuses on language training primarily, and does not provide the wide range of curriculum and instruction found in universities or colleges.
Students spend approximately fifteen hours per week in class.
All classes are conducted entirely in Chinese. Each student's schedule is determined by his or her level of language proficiency as measured by oral and written tests administered at the Program prior to the beginning of the quarter. All students take a combination of spoken Chinese and reading courses. Reading classes are also used for improving spoken language ability, so that students will actively use their growing vocabularies. A language laboratory and a reference library are available to students for required outside class preparation.