This thesis is aimed to find out the effectiveness of using video to teach speaking of descriptive text. The design of this research is an experimental study. The setting of this research is at MA Futuhiyyah 02 Mranggen Demak in the academic year of 2016/2017. The subject of this research was the tenth grade students of MA Futuhiyyah 02 Mranggen Demak. The number of the subject is 70 students from two classes, namely class XE as a control class and XF as an experimental class. The data were collected from test and documentation. In this research, be had the results of taking pre-test and post-test. The pre-test average score of experimental class was 59.2 and control class was 56. The average score of post-test for experimental class was 65.94 and control class was 56.34. The obtained t-test with α = 5% dk = 35+35-2 = 68, the result of computation obtained tvalue = 4.86 and ttable = 1.671. Based on the result of computation above that tvalue > ttable (4.86 > 1.671). So the hypothesis was accepted. Ho was rejected, Ha was accepted and there is significant difference average between experimental and control classes. Based on the finding, assumed that video was effective medium in teaching speaking of descriptive text at the tenth grade of MA Futuhiyyah 02 Mranggen Demak.