I think the problem may be that the many of the students that come to ILE do not, in fact, have the basic writing skills required to convey an idea in a clear, concise way.

I'm not sure if this is an issue with who we are commissioning, but I certainly do believe that our PowerPoint culture isn't helping. I'd venture a guess that most if not all ILE students can put together a PPT briefing with numerous "bullets" (i.e. incomplete sentences).