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  • The aim of this action research is to enhance students’ self-esteem in writing narrative text of the tenth grade of SMA N 7 Surakarta by using Collaborative Learning. The main subject of this research is the students in XMIA 4 in the second semester of the study by the academic year 2014/2015. This study was done in two cycles and it took three months until the end of cycle two.By implementing collaborative learning in the teaching learning process, the students’ problem regarding to their self-esteem in writing was successfully solved. In detail, the students’ behaviour during the learning process was analyzed and observed by the researcher. The improvement of students’ self-esteem in writing narrative text could be seen in every aspect of self-esteem (Competence, Self-worth, Success and Confidence). The number of students who believed they were able to write narrative text improved from 15% to 96.5%.Then, the number of students who felt they are worth improved from 67.89% to 87.86%. The number of students who believed that they canbe successfulin writing improved from 60.66% to 94.57% and the last the number of students who felt confident in their writing also improved from 42% to 89.5%. Besides, the students’ improvement on their behaviour has affected the students writing achievement.