Abstract Name : Nuraini Student No : 1206102020112 Study Program : English Language Education Thesis Title : The Implementation of Reading Aloud Technique in Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension (An Experimental at Eight Grade Students of SMP Negeri 5 Banda Aceh) Keyword: Reading Comprehension, Reading Aloud Technique, Improvement The objective of this study is to know whether there is a significant improvement of students’ reading comprehension after the teacher implemented Reading Aloud Technique. This research applied quantitative design. The population was all the students of eight grades of SMP Negeri 5 Banda Aceh. The sample was the students of class eight-1. The researcher used one group pre-test and post-test design. The researcher administered pre-test, treatment and post-test to collect the data. The mean score of pre-test was 52 and post-test was 90.8. The finding showed that the improvement of the mean was 38.8. The critical value of t-table 0.05 significant levels was 1.71. The obtained of t-test value is higher than the critical value of t-table (4.21 > 1.71). In short, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. As a result, there is a significant improvement of students’ reading comprehension by implementing Reading Aloud at eight grade students of SMP Negeri 5 Banda Aceh.