The aim of this study is to explore Arabic students’ motivation to speak English. This research employs a qualitative approach. The participants were ten students who have graduated from Boarding school particularly Arabic Department students, UIN Ar- Raniry. The data was gathered by interview. In collecting the data, the interviewees were selected by random sampling. Semi-structured interviews were used as instruments to answer two research questions; What factors motivating the Arabic department students to speak English and What are the Arabic students’ efforts in speaking English through their daily activities. The finding of this research showed that participants mostly had intrinsic motivation to speak English, furthermore students also showed that they had a supportive effort to increase their motivation both intrinsically and extrinsically, then students also really wanted to expand their vocabulary and also communicate effectively with English.