The aim of this study to find out whether the material based on local wisdom has an effect on students' reading ability. The research design of this study is quasi-experimental research with a non-equivalent control group design. This study was conducted on students of class XI IPA SMAN 3 Lamongan, the sample used consisted of experimental and control classes each with 22 students, and the instruments used are test and non-test. The results of inferential statistical analysis using the paired sample t-test showed that the average value of the results of the experimental class's pretest reading ability was 67.77 while for the post-test experiment it was 85.55. In addition, the results of the questionnaire showed that there were about 89% of students gave a positive response, so it can be concluded that the application of material based on local wisdom has an effect on students' reading ability. Key Words: Local wisdom-based materials, reading ability
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