Abstrak
This study aims to determine whether there is a significant effect of Listen-Read Discuss (LRD) strategy on students' reading ability. The study population was the VIII grade students of SMPN 2 Kapur IX by using random sampling technique. Data analysis technique used normality test with lilifors test and homogeneity test using F test. The results of the experimental class calculation are t-count (15.02) higher than t-table (1.6860) with degrees of freedom (df) = 0.05 so that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. While the calculation of the post-test of both classes obtained a t-count of (2.45) which is greater than the t-table (1.6860) with degrees of freedom (df) = (na + nb -2) = (20 + 20 - 2) = 38 significance level α = 0.05. It can be concluded that all hypotheses are accepted. This proves that the use of LRD can help students in improving reading skills.