Abstrak
This study aims to find out the difficulties that students’ difficulties in speaking English. This research was conducted at MTsN 8 Agam especially seventh grades. The design of this research was descriptive qualitative. The researcher collected the data by using observation, questionnaire and interview. From the data analysis, the researcher found the students’ problem and the cause the difficulties in speaking practice of MTsN 8 Agam as follow: (1) The result showed that the students have difficulties in speaking English which consist of linguistic aspects. In linguistic aspects, the students have difficulty in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. (2) The cause of the difficulties in speaking practice are environment aspects.
Kata kunci
Students‟ difficulties, speaking practice.