The Significance of Writing in German as a Foreign Language Teaching : A Curriculum Analysis Across Three Eras

This paper provides an analysis of the Swedish curricula and course syllabi in modernforeign language teaching in the Junior High school. Specifically, it examines thedevelopment of the importance of the writing skill in teaching German as a foreignlanguage. To this end, the curricula and course syllabi from 1962, 1994, and 2022 areanalysed. The question of the importance of writing can be more precisely answeredwhen compared with the importance of speaking. The development of this importanceover time is also discussed, particularly in relation to a diagnosed writing weaknessamong Swedish students in their second foreign language. The future impact ofartificial intelligence on the importance of writing remains an open question.