Fitri Indri Natalia Wahyudin Pengarang NOVRIANI RABEKA MANAFE Dosen Pembimbing 2 Tans Feliks Dosen Pembimbing 1 Novriani Rabeka Manafe Penguji 2 Gracia M. N. Otta Ketua Penguji Tans Feliks Penguji 1

This research was conducted to prove whether the use of group discussion strategies during teaching influences students' mastery of English reading. Does it have a cooperative impact, an active impact, opinion sharing between students, mastery learning, and respect between students in the group or not? The research was conducted on students at SMPN 7 Oesena Amarasi. One class was selected and divided into 2 groups, one group as the control class and one group as the experimental class. The experimental class was divided into 3 groups and 1 group consisted of 5 students. The sample selection technique uses random techniques. These classes are given a pre-test and post-test. Treatment is applied to the experimental class and will be observed based on an evaluation format. From the results of these data, the author calculated the pre-test and post-test scores based on t-test analysis. And the results show that the t-count value is greater than the t-table (3.48 > 1.60). This means that the group discussion strategy has a positive impact on English reading comprehension. Then, based on the results of observations, the effect of the group discussion strategy applied in the experimental class showed the "Excellent category" in terms of three aspects: cooperative aspect, active impact, and respect between students, while the "Good category" was viewed from the other two aspects. aspects: mastery of learning and opinion sharing between students.