The Analysis of English Teachers´ Teaching Styles and Their Effects on Students´ Motivation at Junior High School

Abstract

This research aimed to determine the teaching styles that are applied by the English teachers at SMP Makassar and the most influential teaching styles toward the student’s motivation at SMP Makassar. Research methods used by the author was the qualitative method. The research was conducted in SMP Negeri 2 Makassar. In this research, the extraction of research data used the technique of ¨purposive sampling¨. In this research, the researcher employed three research instruments which consist of (1) the researcher herself as an independent observer, (2) observation checklist to check teaching style types used by the teacher, and (3) audio-video recorder to record the teachers in teaching-learning process. The results of this study indicated that: 1) the author concluded that teaching style that teacher applied on teaching English at SMP Negeri 2 Makassar was expert style by the teacher at class VII and the formal authority style that teacher used at class VIII. 2) After saw the result of the interview, the author concluded that the most teaching style that motivated students in learning English at SMP Negeri 2 Makassar was the expert style and formal authority style. It’s because students prefer to learning if teacher gave them a clear and detail explain about the material or subject that they should to learned at the day. And the last, from the interviewed with the students, the researcher found that intrinsic motivation was dominated student’s motivation than extrinsic motivation in learning English. This is good for the students and teachers in teaching and learning process. Because, motivation was the one of important thing which was affected students’ attitude and achievement.