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ABSTRACTSATRIA. The Effectiveness of Gallery Walk Technique in Addressing the Reticence to Speak of the Eleventh Year Students of SMAN 1 Pangkep (Supervised by Ammang Latifah and Suriani).The research was aimed at finding out (1) to find out the effectiveness of Gallery Walk Technique in addressing the reticence to speak of the eleventh year students of SMAN 1 Pangkep. (2) to know the interest of the eleventh year students of SMAN 1 Pangkep in the use of Gallery Walk Technique to addressing their reticence to speakThe research was carried out under the quantitative paradigm with quasi experimental design. Class XII MIPA 2 as experimental class and class XI MIPA 3 as controlled class were chosen as the samples of this research obtained through purposive sampling technique because those classes almost have similar ability in English. The population that consisted of ten class of 360 students of SMAN 1 Pangkep in the academic year 2018/2019. The data of the students speaking performance were collected by using speaking test, while the data about the students interest were taken by using questionnaire. The data were collected then analyzed through inferential statistics through SPSS 23 program.The research result showed that (1) using gallery walk technique was more effective than in group presentation class in addressing the students reticence to speak. It is seen from the significance t test result that reveals the significance value is lower than the significance level; 0.005<0.05. The mean score of experimental class posttest is 68,19, higher 9,16 points than control class 59,03 . Therefore, the end result is 0,000160<0,05. That means Ho is rejected (Null Hypothesis) and Ha is accepted (Alternative Hypothesis). To sum it up, the results shows that gallery walk technique was effective in addressing the reticence to speak of the students. Furthermore, in relation to the students interest, (2) it was found that the mean score of the students interest through the use of gallery walk technique in addressing the students reticence to speak was 82,78 which is categorized as a high interest.