EXPLORING ENGLISH TEACHERS’ DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING WRITING THROUGH A LEARNING PLATFORM: A CASE STUDY

Sri Lestari(1*), Iwan Perdana(2), Supiani Supiani(3)

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This research reports on a qualitative case study that explores the difficulties face by English teachers who teach writing through a learning platform at junior high school in Banjarmasin. Data were collected online using semi-structured interviews with two English teachers as the participants. The qualitative analysis results found three main subthemes, namely, technical obstacles, students conditioning and participation of students. The findings suggest that not all the challenges faced can be overcome by the teacher, the teachers only apply limited strategies to overcome them include asked the students to collect assignments to school if any offline meeting and conducted daily evaluation.


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31602/.v0i0.6710

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