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There are some issues that are associated with the teaching of English in Indonesia; two of them are concerned with vocabulary and reading comprehension. This study was conducted in order to know the use of Shared Reading based strategy to improve vocabulary and reading comprehension achievement in narrative text of the eight graders of MTs Muqimus Sunnah Palembang. This study applied a quasi-experimental research design, specifically nonequivalent control group design. The population of this study was the eighth graders of MTs Muqimus Sunnah Palembang in academic year 2013/2014. There were only two classes, therefore, one intact class that consisted of 22 students became experimental group and the other one that consisted of 26 students became control group. Vocabulary and reading comprehension tests were used in order to collect the data for this study. The findings of this study showed that there was a significant difference in vocabulary and reading comprehension achievement between the eighth graders who were taught by using Shared Reading based strategy and those who were taught by using Lecturing. There was also a positive significant correlation between vocabulary and reading comprehension, and there was a significant contribution of vocabulary to reading comprehension.