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<p>Reading is important for the students. It is needed to help the students in getting the information from the text. This was an experimental research that aimed to find out whether there was a significant effect of focused reading note technique toward students’ reading comprehension at the eleventh grade of SMAN 3 Pariaman. The design of this study was pre-test and post-test control group design. The population was the students at grade XI of SMAN 3 Pariaman and used cluster sampling technique to choose the sample of the research. The sample was grade of XI.5 as experimental class (34 students) and grade XI.6 as control class (34 students). Experimental class was taught by using focused reading note technique, and control class was taught by using conventional technique. The data of the research was analyzed by using t-test formula in order to test the hypothesis of the research. Based on the finding of the research it was found that t-calculate of students’ reading score in experimental class was 3.04 and t-table was 1.66. It means t-calculate bigger that t-table, then Ho was rejected and H1 was accepted. It can be concluded that using of focused reading note technique gave significant effect on students’ reading comprehension at the eleventh grade of SMAN 3 Pariaman.</p>