VIRTUAL NATURE UNTUK MEREDUKSI KECEMASAN BERBICARA DI DEPAN UMUM MAHASISWA BARU

New students are in the process of adapting to lectures and tend to experience increased anxiety, one of which is anxiety about speaking in public, this is important in the educational process and must be addressed immediately. Virtual nature with virtual reality (VR) media is a virtual relaxation of natural views that will provide a relaxed feeling that can reduce anxiety about speaking in public. The aim of this research is to provide input for students to provide new experiences in public speaking and improve their soft skills in public speaking. This research uses a quantitative experimental method with a quasi-experimental nonequivalent control group design. The subjects of this research were 10 new students from the city of Malang who were divided into 5 new students as the experimental group and 5 new students as the control group. Sampling used purposive sampling technique with the criteria of new students have public speaking anxiety. The results of research using virtual nature showed a significant difference (p= 0.003) between the level of anxiety about speaking in public before doing virtual nature and after doing virtual nature. This shows that virtual nature can reduce new students public speaking anxiety.