TARA APRILIANI Pengarang Ardayati, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 2 Dr. Hamdan, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 1 Maria Ramasari, M.Pd. Penguji 1 Dr. Ani Fiani, S.S., M.Pd. Penguji 2 Dr. Hamdan, M.Pd. Ketua Penguji TARA APRILIANI Contributor

This research aimed to prove that teaching reading comprehension by using Read-Cover-Remember-Retell (RCRR) strategy of recount text to the eighth grade students at SMP N 2 Lubuklinggau was significantly effective. The method used was Pre-experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test. The population of this research was the eighth grade students consisted of 412 students. Simple random sampling was used and the sample selected was class VIII.2 consisted of students. The instrument was reading text in multiple choice test. The result showed the significant difference between the students mean score in the pre-test and post test. The average score in the pre-test was 63.94 while in the post-test was 73.15. The t-obtained was 7.54 higher than 1.688 in t-table. It means, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. Therefore, teaching reading comprehension by using Read-Cover-Remember-Retell (RCRR) strategy to the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Lubuklinggau was effective. Keywords: Reading Comprehension, RCRR Strategy, Recount Text.