The ability to read academic texts effectively is vital to success at the university level. Therefore, the Academic Reading courses enhance students’ ability to understand the main ideas and supporting information in level-appropriate academic reading texts. Level 3 and 4 students are given a wide range of practice to improve comprehension and are encouraged to summarize and critically reflect on outline notes they have taken. Furthermore, because students will not be able to cope with university-level academic texts unless they have an appropriate level of vocabulary, all PC students are required to demonstrate knowledge of the Academic Word List (AWL) sublists 1-10 by the end of level 4.