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ABSTRACT Emil, 2314.132. The Effect Of Extensive Reading Toward Students Reading Ability At Second Grade Of Sman 3 Bukittinggi”, 2020. This research was done based on researchers’ observation in SMAN 3 Bukuttinggi. The researcher found several problems that were felt by students at the second grade of SMAN 3 Bukittinggi in learning English the students have low reading ability, the students do not have any motivation to read, the students do not have enough vocabulary to understand comprehend what they read. This research was an quantitative method. The population of this research was the second grade of SMAN 3 Bukittinggi. in this research, the researcher used pusposive sampling sampling technique in determining the sample. There were two classes as the sample of this research. Class VIII.A was as the experimental class and class VIII.B as control class and each of class consist of 24 students class VIII.A and 21 students class VIII.B and both of classes were given pretest and different treatment. In the experimental class the students were taught by using Duolingo application. While, in control class the students were taught by using traditional technique and both of classes were given post test at the end of meeting. In order to analyze the data, the researcher used the normality test by using Liliefors test and tested the homogeneity of the data by using F test. The researcher also used the t-test formula to test the hypothesis and consulted its result with the ttable with α = 0.05. The result of this research shows that the students who used Extensive reading score is 4,62 (tcount is higher than ttable), while at the students who did not use Duolingo application score 3,03 (tcount is higher than ttable). The t test calculation showed that there was a significant difference who use Engtensive reading and who did not use Extensive reading. It means that Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. So, extensive reading was effective to improve English vocabulary at the second grade of SMAN 3 Bukittinggi