The Effect of Different Teaching Styles of Shenzhen Teachers on Students Learning Motivation The Example of Seminar and Lecture Methods

Abstract

Student-centred teaching and learning has received much attention around the world, and the factors affecting students motivation are also one of the key topics in todays research. Some researchers have found that different teaching methods have different effects on students motivation in second language teaching, but there is still a research gap about the role of this finding in students mother tongue teaching. However, there is still a research gap on the role of such conclusions in the teaching of students mother tongue. Therefore, this paper investigates the relationship between the lecture method and the seminar method and the motivation of first year students by collecting questionnaires on learning motivation and results before and after the implementation of different teaching methods in the teaching of the Dream of the Red Chamber unit in a school in Shenzhen, as well as interviewing certain students and conducting descriptive analyses and linear regression analyses on the above data. It was found that both teaching methods positively affected students motivation and that the seminar-based teaching method was more effective.