This thesis aimed at finding out the students’ ability and their obstacles in
speaking bilingual (English and Arabic) at Islamic Boarding School of Darul
Huffadh.
The population of the research was senior high school students of Darul
Huffadh. It consists of three classes. The number of the students were 68. The
writer applied a random sampling technique. The number of sample was 34
students’. The data were collected through Oral Proficiency Test and Interview.In
this research the writer used Hughes, Gay, and Sudjana’s theory.
The result of this research showed that the students’ ability in speaking
Bilingual (English and Arabic) was dominant with the value in English 2.75 it was
average and in Arabic 3.125 it was Good. Then, there are two factor of obstacles
the students face in Speaking Bilingual (English and Arabic) they are external and
internal factors. Where in external, it related to the factor of students in school.
Whereas in internal, it related to the cognitive factor of students.
The conclusion of this research that the students ability in using bilingual
English and Arabic at Boarding school of Darul Huffadh is dominant category.
However, there are two factor of obstacle that the students face in using bilingual
they are external and internal factor
