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The aim of this study was to know the implementation of PARS Strategy in improving students’ skill in reading comprehension of descriptive text and to find out the significant difference of the skill in reading comprehension of descriptive text between the students by using PARS Strategy and those who are not. The subject of this study were the students of eighth grade students of SMPN 4 Kelapa in academic year 2023/2024. In this study, the researcher used quantitative approach with quasi-experimental design. The findings showed that the result of mean score of post-test in the experimental group was higher (77.34) than the mean score in control group (74.07). Meanwhile, the result of independent samples test of students’ post–test between experimental and control group, the t- obtained in equal variances assumed was 6.68 and the significant (2- tailed) was.001. Since the t-obtained was higher than t-table ((6.68 > 2.05)) and the significant (2-tailed) was lower than computation with level significant (.000<0.05). Based on the fact above, it could be concluded that there was a significant difference between the samples significantly, and PARS Strategy improved the students’ skill in reading comprehension of descriptive text. Therefore, the result of this study is expected to contribute to the development of the process of English teaching and learning, epecially for teaching and learning reading comprehension.
Keywords: Reading Comprehension, Descriptive Text, PARS Strategy