Solving writing issues related to non-native writers of English

Non-native writers of English often have considerable difficulty in creating English language texts. This presents even more problems for scientists and engineers who prepare texts for other subject-area specialists. Typically, solutions to these problems have considered only the nuts-and-bolts approach of 'fixing " the grammar issues. However, the problems are certainly farther reaching in scope, especially for writers of scientific and technical texts. Such issues as tone, specialized terminology, paragraph logic, quantifiers and measurement systems, the writing process, and style and grammar all need to be considered. This work presents the results of several years research involving both academic and professional non-native writers; in doing so, we offer some useful suggestions to help this audience achieve better communication results.