QUANTUM LEARNING METHOD: A STRATEGY IN REDUCING STUDENTS' SPEAKING ANXIETY

This primary purpose of this research was to investigate whether QLM was effective in reducing the students' speaking anxiety at the second grade students of Islamic Boarding School of Aswaja Nusantara. This was a case study using Quasi Experimental design involving experiment group and control group. Population in this research was the second grade students of Islamic Boarding School of Aswaja Nusantara consisting of 20 students. Data collecting technique in this research used observation sheet, interview, questionnaire, tests, and documentation. Data analysis technique in this research used means and t-test computation. The result of this research showed that the t-test result of control class was 0.820 and the t-table was 1.83. It means that t-test was less that t-table (0.820 < 1.83). It can be concluded that there was no significant difference for students who were taught without using QLM while the t-test result of experimental class was 4.275 while the t-table was 1.83. It means that the t-test result was higher than t-table (4.275 > 1.83). It can be concluded that there was significant difference for students who were taught by QLM. In short, the finding of this research showed that reducing students’ speaking anxiety by using QLM was effective.