The researcher conducted this research to explore English teachers’ strategies to overcome students’ problems in speaking. The research questions were to find out the students’ problems in speaking and teachers’ strategies to overcome students’ problems. The sample of this research were two English teachers from MAS Darul Ulum. In this study, qualitative research used as an approach to this research. In collecting the data, the researcher employed semi-structured interviews and observation. From the data collection, it was found that the students’ problems are unconfident and lack of vocabulary. Also, teachers used different strategies (role play and picture describing) to explain the target language. As a result, those strategies that teachers applied is able to overcome students’ problems (unconfident and lack of vocabulary.