<![CDATA[The objective of this research is to find out or the application of think aloud strategy effective to improve students’ ability in reading narrative text. It is a pre-experimental research. The study is take by the VIII Grade of SMP Negeri 3 Galang. It is conduct in one class (VIII A). the data are obtain through a pre-test and post-test. The researcher used SPSS 16.0 program to analyze the data collection. The result of the analysis showed that the application of Think Aloud Strategy greatly to students in reading narrative text. The mean score of pre-test was 40.81 while in the post-test improved up to 81.96. Moreover the minimum mastery criterion of English lesson is 65 (sixty-five). Then the data of both test were analyzed by using T-test, and the result showed that the T-count value is 13.63 greater than T-table value is 2.060. it can be inferred that the application of think aloud is very effective to improve students’ ability in reading narrative text. Key Word: Improving, Reading, Think Aloud ]]>
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