Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago (UTESA) is a university considered as one of the highest ranking universities in the Dominican Republic, it is one of the few to be recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology as an autonomous university for its constant research and updating. This university offers to college students some interesting and important fields as Architecture and Engineering, Health Sciences, Economic and Social Sciences, Science and humanities, Graduates School. "Reading in a foreign language: A reading problem or a language problem?" Alderson (1984) ascribes poor reading in L2 to four possible causes: (a) poor reading ability in the first language; (b) inadequate knowledge of the foreign language; (c) incorrect strategies for reading in the foreign language; (d) reading strategies in the first language not being employed in the foreign language, due to inadequate knowledge of the foreign language. This research work will study the Modern Languages Career which belong to the Science and Humanities field. The career will be examined in the level of reading comprehension in English as a second language for the contribution of the development of itself. Learning a second language or a foreign language implies having some linguistic skills so that the process of its development is more effective. The ability to read, write, speak and comprehend a foreign language are key points for its domain. The lack of such skills represents some problems that can be detected in the learning process of the language in question. The level of reading comprehension in the study of a foreign language is essential for the absorption of knowledge and better acquire of the language.