Diese Examensarbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Fragestellungen, wie Lehrkräfte im schwedischen gymnasialen DaF-Unterricht Fremdsprachenverwendungsangst dämpfen, Foreign Language Enjoyment fördern und anhand welcher didaktischen Ausgangspunkte dies geschieht. Mit einer qualitativen Methode wurden 3 Lehrkräfte befragt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die häufige Verwendung derZielsprache, eine kooperative Atmosphäre im Klassenraum, ein variierterLehrinhalt und eine Lernatmosphäre, in der Fehler ein natürlicher Bestandteil des Unterrichts sind, alle eine Rolle spielen.

Previous studies that have utilized the Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety Scale (FLSAS) have performed their studies with the assumption that Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety is negatively correlated with oral skills, i.e. as anxiety increases, speaking skills decrease. In order to confirm this assumption, this study included a survey, the purpose of which is to measure three factors, in order to verify the possibility of other factors playing possibly bigger roles, among upper secondary school students in Sweden: the frequency of language use, their anxiety levels, and foreign language speaking skills. In order to be able to discuss the data thoroughly, this study includes theories regarding motivation, Self-Determination Theory, and Willingness to Communicate (WTC). The data showed that as the anxiety of the students increased, their language speaking skills decreased, i.e. a negative correlation was discovered. However, their frequency of foreign language use remained virtually the same, regardless of their anxiety levels, i.e. no strong correlation was discovered here. Lastly, the language skills of the students showed a weak positive correlation with their language use, i.e. the more they spoke, the higher their oral skills were. Therefore, the results of this study confirm previous studies claiming that foreign language speaking competence has a strong negative correlation with foreign language speaking anxiety.