Bettiche, Nour El HoudaHamadouche, Mokhtar2018-10-312018-10-312018http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5944Anxiety plays a crucial role in foreign language learning because it is considered as a negative factor that may hinder the learning process, and an obstacle to achieving an adequate language proficiency.The present study is carried out to investigate both teachers' and students' attitudes towards the role of effective implementation of cooperative learning in reducing students' anxiety. In this respect, two questionnaires have been designed. The first one was administered to twenty teachers and the second to sixty third-year students at the Department of English, Larbi Ben M'hidi University - Oum El Bouaghi. The results obtained from both questionnairesshow that teachers and students have positive attitudes about the effectiveness of cooperative learningin reducing anxiety in the classroom. Eventually, it is recommended to implement cooperative in the different subjects taught at university. Furthermore, teachers are invited to develop more awareness about the different techniques of cooperative learning and the best ways to put them into practice inside the classroom.enCooperative learningAnxietyOther