The ability to write clear, concise and effective English is a valuable asset to students. This paper proposes a writing program to help engineering students develop such kind of ability through a stage by stage approach. The students first build up their confidence in English writing at the preparation stage, then they learn some useful tools to write clear and comprehensible sentences at the tools acquisition stage. Following that, they learn to write concisely and coherently at the summary writing stage. Finally, they learn to write effectively on some common patterns of technical writing at the composition stage.
Good writing requires a lot of practice.
It is unrealistic to expect great writers after taking a semester or year course. Moreover, the basic techniques taught can serve as a foundation for further training or self training should there arise a need for frequent technical writing in their future career. The Internet TESL Journal, Vol.