Abstract name : nadia risqa student no. : 0606102020045 study program : english language education title : teaching reading skills by using team-games-tournament model the purpose of this study is to look at some given theories and research findings on the application of team games tournament (tgt) technique in teaching reading skill.tgt is one of the cooperative learning techniques which is originally developed by david and keith edwards in 1975, in which students play academic games with members of other teams to contribute their understanding on the reading text that they read so that they can answer the question that is posted in the tournament.the data collected in this study is in the form of theories, opinions, and statements suggested by experts related to the implementation of tgt technique in teaching reading skill. the data analysis used in this study is descriptive.the collected data is described and clasified sistematically to find out the