THE EFFECT OF TEACHER’S CREATIVITY ON TEACHING ENGLISH TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMA N 3 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

This research is quantitative research. The objectives of study are to describe the teacher’s creativity in teaching English at the tenth grade of high school N 3 Purworejo and to describe whether there is any significant positive effect of teacher’s creativity on students' motivation or not at the tenth grade of high school N 3 Purworejo. Data was collected using the method: 1) Observation, which saw the collecting process of learning, 2) Questionnaire, which is to gather data on teaching creativity in learning and motivation in English lesson. From the result of the calculation shows that tvalue = 2.870 is compared with the t table= 2.007. The result is tvalue > ttable, it means that there is any significant effect of teacher creativity on students motivation. Thus the results of the studies indicate that the hypothesis that the researcher proposes entitled “The Effect of Teacher’s Creativity on Teaching English to Increase Students’ Motivation at the Tenth Grade of SMA N 3 Purworejo in the Academic Year 2012/2013” is accepted.

Keywords: Teaching English, Teacher Creativity, Students Motivation