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ABSTRACT Fadilatul Huda, 2315.077, “Students’ Awareness of Language Use and Language Knowledge at MTs Sumatera Thawalib Parabek”. A Thesis. State Islamic Institute of Bukittinggi. 2020. This research was conducted due to particular appeared in Language Use and Language Knowledge in VIII.5 and VIII.6 class MTs Sumatera Thawalib Parabek. These problems are that some students just talked without paying attention to the correct sentences and students rarely used English for communication or interaction. This research was designed as a qualitative descriptive research. The informants of this research were the students of VIII.5 and VIII.6 class which consist of 57 students. the informant was taken by using purposive sampling. This research used questionnaire and observation to gather research information. The researcher distributed the questionnaires to the students and then the researcher observed in the class how was students language use and language knowledge. Based on the results of data analysis, researchers found that students' awareness of language knowledge was higher because the percentage showed students awareness was in the good category, this was also supported by observations which showed that some students wrote new vocabulary in memos to improve their vocabulary and they learn to make sentence appropriately, compared to students awareness of Language use, the researcher found that students awareness was lower because the percentage showed student awareness was in the sufficient category, this was also supported by observations which showed that half of students rarely used English when communicated with friends and the teachers, while in MTs Sumatra Thawalib Parabek has a language program, whereas in MTs Sumatera Parabek have language program where the teachers and the students are obligated to use English on certain days. Keywords: Language Awareness, Language Use, Language Knowledge