Over the last few years, many researchers have offered a number of books and articles bringing out new insights and approaches from different theoretical perspectives. For instance, an important survey was conducted in Finland in 1998 by the National Board of Education on the language and communication skills in the fields of industry and business. It studied language/communication needs of industry and business employees and was aimed at showing how language teaching could best equip students with the skills required in professional life. The survey has revealed that compared with engineers, employees in production jobs, installation and repair workers do not need to use foreign languages as much as the members of the other group. However it is clear that they have to read instructions, socialise and travel. They rarely get involved with writing formal papers, giving presentations or negotiating. The study thus has shown that the need for oral communication overrides written skills