Rina Syafitri, 2014. English Teaching at SMPIT Nurul Ishlah Banda Aceh (An Evaluative Descriptive Study). Thesis, Graduate Program in English Language Education of Syiah Kuala University Banda Aceh. Advisors; (1) Abdul Gani Asyik, M.A., Ph.D., (2) T. Zulfikar, M.Ed., Ph.D. Key words: Evaluative Descriptive This is an evaluative descriptive study. The aim of this research is to provide a description of real situation in English teaching at SMPIT Nurul Ishlah Banda Aceh. This research mainly describes about the procedures of English teaching, which includes how teacher teaches English from the beginning to the end, teacher’s methods and techniques, and the difficulties of the teacher. The instruments used in collecting data for this research are observation sheet, interview guide, and document analysis such as syllabus and lesson plan. The result of this study showed that (1) the teacher applied these procedures of teaching: opening the lesson (brainstorming students ideas related to the topic; stimulating the students to think creatively; and reviewing the previous lesson), instructional process (integrating four skills namely listening, speaking, reading, and writing in teaching process), and closing the lesson (giving an opportunity to the students to ask questions, concluding the material, motivating and appreciating the students). (2) The methods and techniques used by the teacher were various in order to make the teaching process interesting.(3) There were some difficulties faced by the teacher in teaching including the noisy classroom and students being in and out the classroom. Finally, this research suggests that the teacher should be more creative and innovative to create the lesson, the teacher should mix methods in order to create an effective teaching learning process, the teacher should control the students to avoid them being in and out of the classroom.