What kind of communication skills do we want? Oral in addition to written?

A faculty member writes:

Your email, in particular the Habits of Mind component of your pdf, reminded me Stanford now requires an oral component in addition to a written component in the equivalent of their core, in, as I vaguely recall, a two quarter Writing and Rhetoric Program, supported by their Oral Communication Program at Stanford (see http://ctl.stanford.edu/Oralcomm/ ). The program helps students with their presentations, among other things.

It does seem to me that SCU might consider incorporating an oral communication component in part of any new English 2 course for the core, or somewhere else. Oral communication in addition to written communication is becoming increasingly important in our world.