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ABSTRACT Vigi Devana: 2316061, the effectiveness of using fix-up strategies in teaching reading in grade 10 SMKN 1 Ampek Angkek. Thesis of English Education Department IAIN Bukittinggi, 2019/2020. This research was conducted because researchers found that teachers have problems teaching reading. In preliminary observations and experiences during field practice, researcher found that students get bored easily while learning, and in this attitude the teacher uses a fix-up strategy to make this situation more effective. Researcher are interested in seeing how the effectiveness of the fix-up strategy in dealing with problems during reading lessons. The research design of this research is descriptive quantitative. Data obtained from the results of interviews with a teacher who used a fix-up strategy in teaching reading and students reading score. the sample of 66 students. In this sampling, researcher used saturated samples because all populations were sampled. Based on the results of the study, it was revealed that the fix-up strategy was effective when learning to read. This can be seen from the results of interviews with researcher and a teacher who used a fix-up strategy and was supported by an average student learning outcomes in reading which reached 76.27%. Keywords: fix-up strategy is a strategy that can help students when students find difficulties in reading.