This article describes a report writing unit with a three-year language/communication course for second language engineering students at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. In this writing unit the students faced tasks designed to challenge them linguistically and cognitively within their technical disciplines. The tasks motivated the students to develop their report writing and oral skills.
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