The Effectiveness of Group Work and Pair Work in Alleviating Learner’s Anxiety Case of EFL Secondary School Learners

Abstract

One of the most effective problems that can prevent learners from learning the target language is the anxiety that learners face in foreign language classes. This study aims to find the sources of anxiety that learners feel in foreign language classes, and looks at the effect of using teamwork or pair strategies during the lesson in alleviating this feeling. To achieve this, forty students from the secondary stage of all three years participated in this study. Data were collected through a qualitatively analyzed questionnaire. The questionnaire was divided among the participants at random. Analysis of the collected data revealed that most students of different three years prefer teamwork and pair strategies over individual work while learning. Furthermore, the use of group and pair work strategies helped alleviate and reduce the speaking anxiety of foreign language learners and encouraged them to use the target language.