Reading activity is often considered easy by students. Sometimes, they can not understand and interpret the reading properly. Therefore, CLT method is used to motivate and carry out the students’ reading skill. The aims of the study were to explain the implementation of using CLT method and students’ respond in teaching reading of recount text at the Tenth Grades of MA Raden Fatah Kabupaten Tegal in the Academic Year of 2019/2020. In this research, the researcher used form of qualitative method. The data were presented in the form of description. The researcher collected the data by using observation, interview, and documentation. In this research, the researcher used data reduction, data display and conclusion in analyzing the data. The research showed the process of teaching reading recount text, the implementation of teacher’s method is using CLT method. The teacher used Communicative Language Teaching as method and Scientific Approach and Genre Based Approach as approach in teaching recount text for students at tenth grade. The teacher provided the teaching reading of recount text by students easily to be understood. The students were interested and enthusistic in learning reading of recount text by using CLT method. The media learning that used by teacher is power point with the examples of recount text. Learning source that used to teach the students was English module and internet. Then, the technique of assessment learning used written test to get the students’ achivement. In process of teaching reading, there were some problems faced by the teacher and students. The problems faced by the teacher were: (1) classroom management, material, and media. The problems faced by the students were vocabulary difficulty, knowledge, students’ interest, grammar, pronounciation. Furthemore, the next objective of the research was the students’ response of implementing the CLT method in teaching reading of recount text. The students’ response during the process of teaching reading recount text was good. They were active and could answer question from the teacher. In evaluating students’ outcome, the teacher used two ways for evaluations; observation and written test. By using CLT method students are able to interpret and understand the reading of recount text. The difficulty of reading skill that can be solved the students while the teacher taught by using CLT method