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Abstract name : refi julaini student no : 1106102020050 study program : english language education title : teaching reading comprehension skill by using reciprocal teaching (an experimental research at second grade students of sman 1 ingin jaya) keyword: reading comprehension & reciprocal teaching this research is intended to find out whether reciprocal teaching improvedstudents’ reading comprehension. this research was conducted at sman 1 ingin jaya. the sample was taken by random the students of class xi-ia2 (science class). the framework undertaken is promoted by blazer, 2007. the researcherused one group pre-test and post-test design. the technique of data collection, the researcher administered pre-test, treatment, and post-test. the technique of data analysis, the researcher used statistical formula. the mean score of pre-test was 45 and the post-test was 77.08. the finding shows that the improvement of the mean was 32.08. futhermore, the result of calculation of t-test was 4.563, while the critical value of 0.05 significant level was 2.069 and degree of freedom is 23. t-test (4.563) was higher than t-score table (2.069). in short, reciprocal teaching can improve the students’ reading comprehension particularly at the second year students of sman 1 ingin jaya. thus, this research suggests that reciprocal teaching might be one of an alternative technique to teach reading skill at school.