The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the use of the Academic Controversy Model in teaching speaking skills. This research is a quantitative research using experimental methods. The writer used purposive sampling to take the sample. Data was collected through a speaking test with 1 choice question consisting of four themes as the instrument. For data collection obtained from the Independent t-test analysis between the post-test results in the experimental class and control class. Based on the calculation by using Independent t-test, the researcher found that t-obtain was higher than t-table _t(2.281 >2.000) at the significant level а=0, 05 in two-tailed test. it meant that academic controversy model can influence for students’ speaking skill.