Abstract name : cut deriartina student number : 0806102020082 study program : englisheducation title : improving students’ reading skill by using think-aloud technique (an experimental studyat smp negeri1 kuta baro, aceh besar) keywords: reading skill, think-aloud technique think-aloud is an effective practical classroom technique in which students verbalize their thoughts as thus bring into the open strategies they are using to understand a text. this research was conducted at smp negeri 1 kutabaro, aceh besar. the sample was the students of class viii1. to gain the data, the writer conducted an experimental research, which used one group pre-test post-test design. in collecting data, the researcher administered pre-test, treatments, and post-test. then, the writer employed some statistical formulas that are mean score, standard deviation and t-score. after calculating the data, this study showed that the value of