English Teachers Problems in Managing Speaking Activities at SMA Negeri 1 Tukka Tapanuli Tengah

present study is aimed to find out the causes of teachers difficulties in managing a classroom in teaching speaking. This is a descriptive research. Thus, there were 3 English teachers who participated in this research. Techniques of data collection are observation checklist, and interview. Research finding shows that the problems of English teachers in managing speaking activities were lack of managing the time, facilities, students attitude, and teachers competence in managing speaking activities.