The Effect of English Extra Class on Student’s Reading Achievement

This study was conducted to find out the effect of English extra class on student’s reading achievement at SMA 3 Banda Aceh. In this case, the extra class is expected to be able to solve the problem of student learning interest and also able to provide additional material that has not been completed in the previous primary class. Mix method or quantitative and qualitative method was used to analyze the data. The sample was 65 participants, which consist of 64 students of science classes of the school in grade XI and 1 English lesson teacher. The sample was selected by purposive sampling. In collecting the data, the researcher used the document study and interview. Moreover, it was proved by measuring the hypothesis that the Null Hypothesis was accepted and the alternative Hypothesis (Ha) was rejected. It was concluded that there was a significant difference of achievement in the result of students reading before and after taking the English extra class. The result of this research showed that there is a significant difference between students who had participated and not participating in the extra class on their reading achievement.