Teaching English, especially in speaking, must require the right way so that
students’ interest can be great for learning to speak. Using technology in the
application of speaking education is also one way to make students' interest grow
when learning to speak. Based on this phenomenon, the researcher is interested in
investigating how students' learning engagement can be described using photos
expressed by students and what challenges students experience in speaking class
using digital picture technology. The purpose of this research is that English
teachers can use various interesting strategies in teaching speaking classes to
increase students' learning engagement. The researcher used a qualitative approach
with the photovoice method and data the researcher was collected through photos
collected by students to the researcher and interviews with students. The data
findings reveal that as Senior High School of 1 Kelumpang Barat students' learning
engagement is felt by students a lot. Students who started their learning
involvement in the speaking class mentioned three parts of student learning
engagement: behavioral, cognitive, and emotional Engagement. The challenges
that students still feel are shyness, anxiety, lack of confidence, lack of motivation,
limited vocabulary, difficulty pronouncing, and nervousness