This study examines the level and factors influencing students’ intrinsic motivation in learning English at SMKN 1 Bukittinggi, specifically among 11th-grade students who struggled to meet academic standards and showed low interest in independent learning. An explanatory sequential mixed-method approach was employed, using questionnaires and interviews. The instruments were tested for construct validity and test-retest reliability. Results showed that the majority of students had moderate intrinsic motivation, with 12% displaying high motivation, 79% moderate, and 9% low. Key factors identified were strong character traits such as integrity and responsibility, self-awareness, mental resilience, and effective coping strategies for overcoming failures. These findings suggest that students’ intrinsic motivation is influenced by personal qualities and their ability to handle challenges, which play a crucial role in their engagement and persistence in learning English as a foreign language.

. The purpose of the study was to know the intended to find out the description about the process of teaching speaking skill using active learning method that is applied by the researcher. In this study the researcher conducted quantitative research and the method used was a quasi-experimental design, which focused on the results obtained by students. Where the sample consisted of 37 children. The instrument of data collection is through a test where each students get all the test from the researcher to speaking every time the researcher get to do this research. To get a score researcher give all the students change to it involves students directly and actively in the learning process itself. This means that instead of simply receiving information verbally and visually, students are receiving and participating and doing. The result of this study showed that there ware 81.14 % from these results indicating that the used of active learning method in teaching speaking skill.