<![CDATA[This study aims to find out the effect of using Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) Method on students’ reading comprehension. A quasi-experimental design was used with pre-test and post-test non-equivalent control group design. The number of participants was 63 students divided into an experimental group (31) and a control group (32) of the students of MAN 1 Pekanbaru. Two research questions and four hypotheses were posed in this study. Before conducting the treatment, pretest was administered, and posttest was administered after the treatment. Independent and dependent (paired) sample t-tests were used to analyze the data. The research finding showed a significant effect of using Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) method on students’ reading comprehension. Using DRTA method contributed 72% on students’ reading comprehension, meanwhile the control group using non-DRA method contributed 49%. At last, it can be inferred that DRTA method is suitable to apply in teaching reading comprehension at State Islamic Senior High School (MAN) 1 Pekanbaru.]]>
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