Abstract name : fitriani student no. : 0806102020087 study program : english education title : the application of directed reading thinking activity (drta) in developing student’s reading comprehension this study is entitled the use of directed reading teaching activity (drta) in reading comprehension for junior high school sudents. reading is an activity to get meaning from the printed page. however, understanding what is reading difficult for students so that teacher should parepare a suitable strategy in teacheng reading to make students understad what they are reading.drta is to make students active because students are ableto construct knowledge, students should be able to make predictions of the titel and make predictions of the contectsof the paragraf. the drta consints tree phase; prediction, guided silent reading, and post- reading which enable the students to plan, monitor and evaluate their reading. method use in this study library reasech. the