Abstract Name : Cut Mailisa Hasriyanti Student Number : 1006102020075 Study Program : English Education Title : TEACHING LISTENING BY USING BOTTOM-UP STRATEGY (An Experimental Study at SMPN 1 Baitussalam Aceh Besar) Key words : Bottom-up Strategy, Listening This study is intended to find out whether the use of bottom-up strategy improve students’ listening achievement or not. The writer conducted an experimental research in SMPN 1 Baitussalam Aceh Besar. In this study, the writer used one group pretest-posttest design. The pre test was given before experimental action in order to know the students’ achievement before the treatment. In addition, the post test was given to know the students’ achievement after the treatment. In order to find the differences between pre test and post test achievement, the writer used t-score. The result shows that the mean score of the pre test is 41.8 and the score of the post test is 78.2 and the result of t-score is 10.3. The t-Value at the level significant 0.05 is 2.120 and at the level of significant 0.01 is 2.921 with the degree of freedom 16. Since, the result of t-test is higher than t-Value, the alternate hypothesis is accepted. In other words, there is a significant difference between the pre test and the post test score. It proves that the use bottom up strategy is effective to improve students’ listening achievement.