Developing English Illustrated Magazine to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text at Grade XI

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This research is motivated by several issues in English language learning, particularly related to students' reading skills. The aim of this research is to develop and implement an illustrated magazine as a learning medium. This research falls under the R&D (Research & Development) category. All 247 eleventh-grade students participated in the study. In this study, the researchers used a random sampling method, a sampling technique in which each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected, with the goal of obtaining a representative sample. These considerations included the suitability of the materials used in the study to the sample's grade level. The eleventh-grade TAV students were chosen as the target for the study because they wanted to learn using new learning media. To collect data, researchers will use pre-test and post-test questions. The results of the study show that the use of Illustrated Magazine media as a learning medium can improve students' reading skills. This Illustrated Magazine can improve students' reading skills in class XI TAV SMK Taruna Pekanbaru, with the results of material expert validation of 91.18% (very valid) and validation from media experts of around 96.88% (very valid). The development of this Illustrated Magazine has also been user-tested with 27 students from class XI TAV at SMK Taruna Pekanbaru. Based on the validation conducted, this English Illustrated Magazine is suitable for use in English language learning because it is effective in improving students' reading skills.