Abstract name : rini arnita sari student’s number : 1309200080073 department/program : english education/postgraduate title : the impact of video clips on student’s speaking skill and motivation keywords: video clips, speaking skill, motivation this research aimed to investigate the impact of video clips on student’s speaking skill and motivation. it researched at the second grade of state junior high school 2 (smpn) 2, lhokseumawe. the research employed the pre-test and post-test design. the sample by using random sampling through lottery technique and the total sample is 64. the experimental group was given the special treatment using video and the control group was given another technique without video, namely textbook-based as the teacher usually does. test and questionnaire were used as data collection instruments in this research. the tests were given to evaluate student’s speaking skill while the questionnaires were distributed to students to find the students’