Voices of English Language Education Society
Vol 6 No 1 (2022): VELES Voices of English Language Education Society

The Effect of Online Learning on Academic Writing Course During Covid-19 Pandemic

Syamsiarna Nappu (Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar)
Ratna Dewi (Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar)
Hasnawati Hasnawati (Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar)
Radiah Hamid (Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Apr 2022

Abstract

Since the outbreak of Covid 19 in Indonesia, all universities, including Universitas  Muhammadiyah Makassar, had made a decision for lecturers and students to learn from home (LFH) since March 16, 2020. This decision certainly has an impact on the change of the learning process which is used to face-to-face in the classroom then drastically changed and become online learning. This study aims at investigating the effectiveness of online learning on the Academic Writing course in the English Education Study Program. Pre-experimental design is the method where the sample is purposively chosen. The data is collected by giving pre-test and post-test and questionnaire. The study reveals that students get better writing skills after learning online. It can be seen that the pretest is 50.6 becomes 75.8 in the posttest. Meanwhile, after calculating the t-test it is also found that the effectiveness of online learning on Academic Writing Course through Google Meet is 55%. It is then concluded that online learning using Google Meet on Academic Writing Course has a positive effect on students' writing skills.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

veles

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

The journal of Voices of English Language Education Society(VELES) e-ISSN 2579-7484 aims to provide an international forum for sharing, dissemination and discussion of research, experience and perspectives across a wide range of education, teaching, development, instruction, educational projects and ...