Students’ Speaking Performance and Behavior through Memorization to Overcome Students’ Language Anxiety

The objectives of the research was (1) to know the students speaking performance through memorization have an effect on student’s language anxiety and (2) to know the student’s speaking behaviors through memorization have an effect on student’s language anxiety. The researcher applied quasi-experimental method. There were two classes namely control and experimental group. The Population of this research were students at SMA Nasional Makassar which consisted of 270 students. The sampling technique in this research was random sampling. The researcher chose sample by selecting the sample and took two classes from second grade at SMA Nasional Makassar. The classes consisted of 30 students. So, the total samples of this research were 60 students. The research data were collected using test, questionnaire and analyzed by means descriptive statistic through SPSS version 16 for windows program. The result of this research showed that (1) the students speaking performance through memorization have an effect on student’s language anxiety and (2) the student’s speaking behaviors through memorization have an effect on student’s language anxiety. Keywords: Language Anxiety, Memorization, Performance, Behavior, Speakin