Reading is studied almost in all of the class activities, and most of the scientific books are written in English. Without reading, students can hardly get new knowledge for themselves. This skill is as important as other skills. Although it is often viewed as receptive or passive skill, it cannot be neglected by the students. The objective of the study to describe the implementation of NHT technique, to describe the students' responses after NHT technique, to describe the students progress in reading ability through the implementation of NHT technique. The research procedures of this study was an action research which was described in descriptive way. It was done in three cycles. Each cycle contained four steps namely planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The instruments used in this study consisted of observation checklist, observational sheet, questionnaire, and reading test. Finally, after analyzing the data, the finding showed that the use of NHT technique had improved students reading narrative text ability. There were only five students who were not successful to reach indicator of achievement (≥75) and the other students were successful. Meanwhile, the mean score of the students increased from first to third meeting. It improved from 66,54 ; 73,39 ; 82,90.