<![CDATA[This study was motivated by the low level of students’ initial reading skills. Based on the identified problems, students experienced difficulties in clearly and accurately pronouncing consonants, particularly R, S, and L, as well as letter combinations such as Ng, Ny, and Sy. This study aimed to determine the effect of the global method integrated with the Make a Match learning model on the initial reading skills of second-grade students. A quantitative approach was employed using a pre-experimental method with a one-group pretest-posttest design. The subjects of this study were second-grade students of SD Negeri 7 Pangkalanbaru. Data were collected through an initial reading skills test administered before and after the treatment. The data were analyzed using a paired sample t-test. The results showed that the global method integrated with the Make a Match learning model had a significant effect on students’ initial reading skills. The hypothesis test yielded a significance value of 0.000 < 0.05, indicating that H₀ was rejected and Hₐ was accepted. Therefore, it can be concluded that the global method integrated with the Make a Match learning model significantly improves the initial reading skills of second-grade students at SD Negeri 7 Pangkalanbaru.]]>
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