This research is motivated by students' low learning motivation and speaking skills in English subjects, this can be seen from the value of observation of learning carried out by researchers at school. Reforms need to be made to increase students' learning motivation and speaking skills as well as teacher creativity in managing the learning process. This research aims to determine whether there is an influence of the use of local wisdom-based reading materials on students' English learning motivation and speaking skills. Data collection tools in this research used questionnaires and tests. The data analysis tool uses SPSS 24 statistics. This type of research is Quasi Experimental with a Nonequivalent Control Group Design. There are two classes for the sample in this research, namely: experimental class and control class. Analysis tests carried out in this research; descriptive test, paired T test. The respondents were 8th grade students of SMP Kartini 1 Batam for the 2023/2024 academic year, totaling 40 students as the population and sample. The research results show that: (1) The results of descriptive tests in the experimental class show that reading material based on local wisdom can stimulate students' motivation to learn English. From the results of the paired T-test, it shows that there is a significant difference in the motivation to learn English among students in the experimental class compared to the control class. (2) The results of descriptive tests in the experimental class show that reading material based on local wisdom can improve students' speaking skills. From the results of the paired T-test, there was a significant difference between the speaking skills of students in the experimental class and students in the control class.