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Iis Andayani, 2311.020. “The Effectiveness of English Clinic Towards Students’ Ability in Speaking Activity at The Eleventh Grade Students in MAN 2 Bukittinggi Academic Year 2017/2018. A Thesis, State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Bukittinggi, 2018 This research is aimed to know effectiveness of English Clinic toward students’ ability in speaking. It had been done at MAN 2 Bukittinggi. Based on the interview to the teacher, there are some problems the researcher found. The problems are some of students still had low motivation to speak English, some of students still had low capability in mastering grammar, vocabulary and also pronunciation, some of students can not speak fluently and accurately. Then, in learning only few students have great willingness to speak English in front of the class. Based on the problems above, the researcher was interest to research about the effectiveness English clinic towards students’ ability in speaking. This research used descriptive quantitative research. The population of this research was students at eleventh grade in MAN 2 Bukittinggi which consist of 280 the students. The sample was taken 28 students. The sample was taken by using random sampling. Because the population of students more than 100, so the researcher took 10% of all population. The instrument of this research is documentation and questionnaire. Then, technique of data collection in this research by using students’ speaking score got from the English teacher and students statement score from questionnaire given to students. To analyze the data collected, the researcher used table of frequency and percentage table of students’ ability by calculated the mean. The researcher used rating scale to arrange the level of effectiveness. Then questionnaire collected from students’ statement about implementation of English clinic The result showed that the mean score of the students ability in speaking was 81,42. The percentage of the students’ grade is between 72% – 89 %. It means the data prove that the English clinic is effective in teaching speaking at eleventh grade in MAN 2 Bukittinggi. Then, based on questionnaire score from students’ statement about implementation of English language clinic in teaching speaking was 77,78 %. So, based on the table of interpretation of the effectiveness percentage, it indicated that use of English Clinic was effective in teaching speaking activity at eleventh grade in Madrasah Aliyah Negri 2 Bukittinggi Key word: Students’ ability in Speaking, English Clinic