Grammar is considered difficult by students, making them uninterested in
learning. The right method can be a solution so that students' negative learning
emotions become positive. One method is the jigsaw technique which is a type of
cooperative learning. The aim of this research is to explore the students' emotional
experiences and difficulties in learning grammar using the jigsaw technique.
Photovoice was used as a research design in this study. A qualitative research
technique called photovoice research can offer detailed data results from participant
photos and descriptions and also from in-depth interviews with researcher about
the necessary data. The data in this research were analyzed using thematic analysis,
as per Braun and Clarkes. 8 students of English Education Department class of
2020 from Antasari State Islamic University Banjarmasin participated in this
research. The results showed that most students experienced positive emotions
when learning grammar using the jigsaw technique, involved 4 stages: introduction
(1), focused exploration (2), reporting and reorganizing (3), and integration and
evaluation (4). The difficulties that students experienced were: passive groups,
material that is more difficult to master, difficulty in expressing words when
explaining, differences of opinion with group members, and classes which became
noisy. Further research is needed to overcome the difficulties students experience
when learning grammar using the jigsaw technique