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  • The purpose of this study was to explain the motivation of EFL High School students in learning to speak using digital stories. This research was descriptive research with a qualitative method. The participants were twenty high school students taken from class X, MA Tholabuddin Masin, Batang, Central Java. Interviews and documentation were used to collect research data. Data were analyzed and interpreted using qualitative procedures such as data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusions. Students stated that Digital Story is a unique, interesting, and new learning for students. However, from learning speaking using digital stories, some students expressed different views. This view is about the disadvantages of using digital stories in learning speaking, namely it takes a long time, requires large mobile memory, and requires a broad understanding of technology in students. this is only felt by some students, for most students learning speaking activities using Digital Stories also provide an increase in students’ self-regulation in learning to speak. Students stated that with Digital Stories students can practice speaking English by using digital media. Digital Story also gives students confidence and can overcome students’ fears in learning to speak English.