The Influence of Teacher’s Teaching Style Towards Students’ Learning Interest at Eight Grade of SMPN 2 Paguyangan

Abstract

The objective of this research is to determine whether there is an influence of teachers’ teaching style towards students’ learning interest at eighth grade of SMPN 2 Paguyangan in the academic year 2021/2022. This is a descriptive quantitative in which the eighth grade, which consists of 65 students, is the research subject. Technique of data collection in this research uses analytical data using product moment statistics. The result of this research shows that there is an influence of teacher’s teaching style towards students’ English learning interest at the eighth grade of SMPN 2 Paguyangan in the academic year 2021/2022. This is evidenced by the value of “r” product moment r_xy of 0,315 with df = 63, at a significance level of 5% the result is 0,244, so that r_xy > “r” table (0,315> 0,244). In other hand, there is an influence of teachers' teaching style towards students’ English learning interest at the eighth grade of SMPN 2 Paguyangan in the academic year 2021/2022, which means Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and Null Hypothesis (H₀) is rejected. The correlation between teacher’s teaching style towards students’ English learning interest has a low correlation significance because it stands in the 0,20-0,40 position.

Keywords: Teacher's Teaching Style, Students’ Learning Interest