@thesis{thesis, author={Saputri Hernaning Tyas}, title ={AN ANALYSIS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ AUTONOMOUS ONLINE LEARNING IN ACADEMIC WRITING}, year={2021}, url={http://eprints3.upgris.ac.id/id/eprint/5863/}, abstract={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.} }