AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PROFICIENCY IN WRITING EXPOSITORY TEXTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Dewi, Diah Saka (2021) AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PROFICIENCY IN WRITING EXPOSITORY TEXTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC. EDUTAMA, - (-). -. ISSN 2548-281X (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The education system in Indonesia requires learning English for all students. Teaching English is not easy, especially in a pandemic Covid-19. This makes the government issue a policy that learning must be done at home through E-Learning. This study was conducted to determine the level of proficiency of students in writing expository texts during Covid-19 pandemic. This study aims to answer the following questions: (1). How is the students' proficiency in writing expository text during the Covid-19 pandemic? (2). What are the obstacles faced by students in writing expository text during the Covid-19 pandemic?. In this study, the writer uses a descriptive qualitative research method that focuses on students' proficiency in writing expository text during Covid-19 pandemic. This research was conducted at IKIP PGRI Bojonegoro with 13 students of the English Education Study Program as the sample subject. In this research the data was collected using Interview, Questionnaire, and Documentation. As for the data analysis technique, the writer uses coding techniques, and data display, to maintain the validity of the data with the triangulation technique. Based on this, the research results can be described as follows: (1). Students have different levels of proficiency in writing expository texts online. There are students who say that they are more proficient in writing expository texts face-to-face. On the other hand, there were students who felt that their level of writing proficiency improved during online learning. (2). The obstacles experienced by students in writing expository texts during online learning, it turns out that there are many obstacles. Starting from the signal, the changing lecture schedule and decreased learning motivation. Keywords : students’ proficiency, writing, expository text.

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