摘要:Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} There are many methods used in teaching English. In this thesis the writer uses two different methods, grammar translation method and direct method as a comparative study to find the effective methods in teaching reading. The writer observed two groups namely Group A who were taught by using grammar translation method and Group B by using direct method. The aims of this thesis are to find out the similarities and differences between grammar translation method and direct method, to describe the problems faced by the teacher when direct method and grammar translation method applied in teaching reading, to describe the solutions used by the teacher to overcome the problems when direct method and grammar translation method applied in teaching reading and to describe the method that is more effective in teaching reading class. The results of the analysis shows that students are more interested in learning reading by using grammar translation method than using direct method. As the result of the study shows that t observed = 5.143 and the table t = 1.835 (observed t > table t). It means that teaching reading using grammar translation method is more effective than using direct method. The similarities between Grammar-Translation Method and Direct Method in teaching reading class on the writer pointâs view one of them is exploiting one of the skills in teaching English that is reading. The Problems Faced by the teacher is students still have less understanding about the grammatical rules of the target language. The Solutions Used by the teacher that she has to review the lesson, tells the content of the text, and asks if there are difficult words.