Peer Assisted Language Learning (PAL)

Informal language practice for beginners to advanced

We can help you learn a language through our Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) Programme in the Language Resource Centre (LRC).

These weekly sessions are intended to provide an informal and relaxed way to practise your language skills. Choose from a range of conversation groups and 1-to-1 sessions.

Conversation groups:
As part of the centre's peer-assisted learning activity, the conversation groups are led by native-level speaking students. They're a great way to improve your speaking skills in a relaxed and informal setting with people of a similar level.

We offer a range of intermediate and advanced groups in several languages including:

• English
• French
• Spanish

1-to-1 sessions:
As part of the Language Resource Centre’s Peer-Assisted Learning Programme, our 20-minute individual sessions are an opportunity for members of the LRC to practise and improve language skills with a native-level speaking student. They can also serve to help merge language learnt before either in lessons or through independent study.

Members of the LRC can book a 20-minute 1-to-1 session with a native PAL Leader. They are suitable for learners at any level from beginner to advanced.

We offer 1-to-1 sessions in:

• British Sign Language
• Chinese
• Dutch
• French
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish