What you’ll learn to do: explore the purpose of college reading and successful reading techniques for college

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

—Edmund Burke, author and philosopher

By the end of this section, you will be able to identify common types of reading tasks assigned in a college class. You will also identify effective reading strategies for academic texts: previewing, reading, summarizing, and reviewing. You will identify strategies for approaching specialized texts, such as math, and specialized platforms, such as online text. In addition, you will identify vocabulary-building techniques to strengthen your reading comprehension.