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NUR RAHMAH OLIVIA, 2230104028 entitled: “STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF NEWS PRESENTATION PRACTICE TO SPEAKING FLUENCY IN AN ENGLISH FOR JOURNALIST CLASS”, English Teaching Department, Faculty of Tarbiyah and teacher Training, State Islamic University (UIN) Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar 2026. Speaking fluency is one of the important aspects of speaking skills, but many EFL students still experience difficulties in maintaining the flow of speech, minimizing pauses and expressing ideas confidently. News presentation practice provides students opportunities to orally organize and present information in English. However, limited research have explored students’ perceptions of the contribution of news presentation practice on speaking fluency, particularly in an English for Journalist class. Therefore, this study aimed to examine students’ perceptions of the contribution of news presentation practice to speaking fluency in an English for Journalist class. The research employed a descriptive quantitative approach. In this study, the population consisted of 41 fourth- and sixth-semester students of the English Teaching Department at UIN Mahmud Yunus Batusangkar who had completed the English for Journalist News Presenter and Radio Broadcasting course. Using census sampling, all members of the population were selected, and 37 completed questionnaire were used for data analysis. The instrument was a closed-ended questionnaire using a five-point Likert scale, consisting of 52 items covering students’ perceptions, speaking fluency, and factors affecting speaking fluency. The questionnaire was validated by three experts using Aiken’s V (0.81) and tested for reliability using Cronbach’s Alpha (0.967). The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics with assistance of SPSS version 24.0. The findings revealed that the students had a positive perception of the contribution of news presentation practice to speaking fluency. The overall mean score was 188.16, which was categorized as positive. The cognitive aspects obtained a mean score of 44.16, the affective aspect 14.32, and the conative aspects 14.32, all of which were categorized as positive. The speaking fluency aspect obtained a mean score of 42.94 and was categorized as positive. Meanwhile, the internal, linguistic, and external factors obtained mean score of 29.05, 21.48, and 21.13, respectively, which were also categorized as positive. These findings indicate that news presentation practice was perceived by students as a beneficial classroom speaking activity that support their speaking fluency and confidence.