Learning English Through ‘PALP’(Peer Assisted Learning Program)
Abstract
Peer Assisted Learning Program or PALP is one of the featured programs in English Education
Department of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan. This program is initiated by the English Education
Department attention to the students’ needs. The condition of English Education Department heterogeneous. The students come from a wide range of input from the high school level. It is cause of variation in the level and students’ English proficiency. PALP is trying to offer a solution
through activities such as mentoring to English learning along with integrated materials with
classroom learning in the learning method assistance through mentor to mentee.
This study uses the R and D (Research and Development), where the development of a program
using a groove that starts with knowing the needs of the students (need analysis), program
development, implementation, and evaluation of the whole process involved in the program
component of PALP. Development programs are implemented in two steps.
The results obtained from the first phase of this study are: 1) PALP is one model of learning
that can be applied in teaching English, 2) The components of PALP are good mentor, mentee,
and material interlinked inside all of them, it makes PALP as an excellent program in English
Education Department to improve English proficiency for students effectively.