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  • In this research the students still had problems in learning reading, For example, the students had lack of grammar mastery. The students had lack of vocabulary. The students were not able to clarify main idea and supporting detail. The students got low score in their reading. The objective of this research was to find out whether there was significant effect of using coversational discussion group strategy toward reading comprehension on descriptive text. The design of this research was quasi experimental design. The population of this research was the students of the second year at State Junior High School 23 Pekanbaru in 2013-2014 academic years. The total number of population was 256 students. The sample was taken by using cluster random sampling. The sample was class VIII H that consisted of 32 students as experimental group and class VIII G consisted of 32 students as control group. So the number of sample from two classes was 64 students. To analyze the data, the researcher adopted independent sample T-test formula by using SPSS 16 version. After analyzing the data, the researcher found that t0 >tt or 3.750 > 2.00. in conclusion, this research found that there is significant effect of using conversational discussion groups strategy toward reading comprehension in descriptive text of the second year students at state Junior High School 23Pekanbaru.