The principle purposes of this study are to identify the students’ speaking skill in retelling story of class XI IPA 2 at SMAN-1 Mentaya Hilir Selatan. And to identify the students’ speaking problems in retelling story of class XI IPA 2 at SMAN-1 Mentaya Hilir Selatan. Therefore, the purposes of this study are to describe the students’ speaking skill and the students’ speaking problems …