Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan strategi membaca kognitif dan pemahaman membaca siswa setelah di ajarkan melalui Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA) yang telah dimodifikasi. Desain penelitian ini adalah non randomized control group pretest-posttest design. Dua kelas siswa kelas XI SMAN 8 Bandar Lampung menjadi sampel penelitian ini. Untuk mengumpulkan data, peneliti menggunakan dua jenis instrumen, tes membaca dan kuesioner. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dari sepuluh strategi, ada empat strategi yang berbeda secara signifikan antara siswa pada kelas experimen dan kontrol. Dalam hal pemahaman membaca, hasil menunjukkan bahwa ada perbedaan yang signifikan dari pemahaman membaca siswa antara pada kelas experimen dan kontrol.This research aimed to discover students Cognitive reading strategies and reading comprehension after being taught by using modified Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA). The design of this research was non randomized control group pretest-posttest design. Two classes of second grader students of SMAN 8 Bandar Lampung became the sample of this research. To gather the data, the researcher employed two kinds of instruments, reading test and questionnaire. The results showed that out of ten strategies, there are four strategies which differ significantly between students in experimental and control class. In terms of students reading comprehension, the result showed that there was significant difference of students reading comprehension between students in experimental and control class.Keywords: CALLA, Cognitive reading strategies, reading comprehension