Students Speaking Ability in Describing Local Culture at SMAN 5 Padang

The present study is aimed to analyze students speaking ability in describing local culture viewed from fluency, grammar, and comprehension. This is a descriptive research. Thus, there were 36 students who participated in this research. Technique of data collection is speaking test. Research finding shows that the mean score of students speaking ability in describing local culture viewed from fluency was 87.71, grammar was 82.64, and comprehension was 81.04 Based on research finding, the categorization of students speaking ability in describing local culture viewed from fluency was good, viewed from grammar was good, and viewed from comprehension was good.