Reducing Students Anxiety in Speaking English by Using Collaborative Learning Approach at the Eighth Grade of SMP Negeri 3 Langsa

Speaking is one of important parts in teaching language because it is included in one of four basic language skills. Nevertheless, at SMP Negeri 3 Langsa, the writer found that most of students still get the difficulties in speaking skill. The students felt anxious, frightened and shy to speak English even in the classroom. The usage of collaborative learning approach is way applied to reduce students’ anxiety in speaking skill. This approach provides the students with the opportunity to express their own ideas to speak in the classroom. This research is aimed to find out the effectives of collaborative learning approach in reducing students’ anxiety. Subject of the research this study was the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 3 Langsa class VIII-6. The instruments that were used in this research are interview, observation and questionnaire. In this research, the writer conducted classroom action research from January 19th to February 02th 2015. There were two cycles consisting of a series of steps, namely: planning, action, observation and reflection. Based on the result of the research, it is found that collaborative learning approach reduces students’ anxiety in speaking English. It can be seen from students’ responses in learning which are generally positive.