Abstract name : misna amelia student no. : 1206102020083 study program : english education title : investigating english speaking skill problems encountered by students of babun najah islamic modern boarding school key word : speaking skill, problem in speaking this research is intended to analyze english speaking skill problems encountered by students. the sample of this research were 26 students from xi-mia 1 class who have learned english for five years. they were chosen purposively. the data of this research were collected through speaking test and interview. the interview was conducted to see the students who got very low score from the speaking test. the findings from the speaking test showed that the students faced the problems in five aspect of speaking skill; pronunciation, grammar, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. the most dominant problems are pronunciation, grammar and fluency. the findings from the interview showed that the students they faced many