AN ANALYSIS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ AUTONOMOUS ONLINE LEARNING IN ACADEMIC WRITING

Saputri, Hernaning Tyas. 2021. An Analysis of University Students’ Autonomous
Online Learning in Academic Writing, English Education Study Program, Faculty of
Language and Arts Education, Universitas PGRI Semarang. Advisor I: Dr. Sukma Nur
Ardini, S.S., M.Pd., Advisor II: Laily Nur Affini, S.Pd., M.Hum.
Keywords: Autonomous Learning, Online Learning, Academic Writing, Covid-19
Pandemic
Autonomous learning during covid-19 pandemic situation becomes the
best strategy to perform an effective learning process. Particularly, autonomous
learning in academic writing course requires great deals of students’ willingness
to manage their time and ability. This paper is a content analysis which aims to
analyze the implementation of autonomous learning strategy.
Descriptive qualitative method was used to investigate and describe how
20 higher education students managed their time and ability as well as to find out
the obstacles. In collecting the data, the researchers used questionnaire and
interview. Students had implementing autonomous learning in various ways. They
practice writing independently with completing the tasks and assignments gave by
the teacher. They were also used internet to find sources such as online translator,
education websites, and explanation videos on YouTube.
Going through the online Academic Writing class, students faced obstacles
due to some reason. Bad internet connection were the huge problem for the
students, besides that lack of vocabularies interfered students understanding, and
misunderstanding in the online classroom were triggers students to prefer face-to-
face learning more than the online Academic Writing.