Cooperative Learning Approach: A Successful Way of Reducing Learning Anxiety in an EFL Class

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      This paper intends to present cooperative learning approach which can be used to reduce students’ language learning anxiety in class -- an obstacle to language proficiency development. The paper describes the concept of a cooperative learning, where the groups are formed in such a way that each member of a group performs his or her task for the purpose that the group will achieve, states the reasons why cooperative learning can deduct learning anxiety, and clarifies how students study together in a small group through three main cooperative learning activities.