Abstract name : dwi eka martina student no : 1306102020092 study program : english education title : the effect of using pq4r (preview, question, read, reflect, recite, review) strategy on efl students’ reading comprehension achievement (an experimental study at smp negeri 1 karang baru, aceh tamiang) keywords: pq4r, reading skill, narrative skill the research aims to find out whether pq4r (preview, question, read, reflect, recite, review) strategy that developed by thomas e.l and robinson h. a (1972) improved students’ reading comprehension. the population was all of the students of smp negeri 1 karang baru, aceh tamiang. the sample was the students of class ix-a which consisted of 32 students. the researcher used simple random sampling to choose the sample. she conducted pre-test, treatment, and post-test to collect data. it was found that mean score of pre-test was below the kkm, while the mean score of post-test was pass the kkm score. the gain