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Adea Febri, NIM. 2030104002, thesis entitled "Sources of Students’ Foreign Language Enjoyment in Learning English at UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar." English Teaching Department, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, State Islamic University Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar. The main problem in this research is that it has not been revealed the whole sources of students’ foreign language enjoyment in learning English at UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar. The purpose of this resarch was to find out the sources of students’ foreign language enjoyment in learning English, as well as to find out the most dominant and least dominant sources of students foreign language enjoyment in learning English at UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar. This research was descriptive quantitative method. The sample of the research was 50 students. They were selected by using simple random sampling Technique. In collecting the data, she distributed the questionnaire to research respondents. The questionnaire consisted of 56 items in order to know sources of students’ foreign language enjoyment in learning English. In analyzing the students’ questionnaire, she analyzed them by apply descriptive statistics suggested by Sugiyono (2007). Based on the data analyis, the researcher concluded that the sources of students foreign language enjoyment in learning English at UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar were two: inside of the students themselves (internal) and outside of the students themselves (external). The internal sources were a feeling of confidence, a desire to learn, a sense of development, being able to overcome challenges, being able to self-regulate during the learning process, and using language that is far from the eyes of friends and teachers. The external one were teachers and peers.