Muhammad RIZAL Pengarang Dr. Umar Fauzan, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 1 Dra. Sitti Hadijah, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 2 Rostanti Toba, M.Pd. Ketua Penguji Dini Irawati, M.Pd. Penguji 2 Dina Destari, S.S., M.Pd. Penguji 1

Muhammad Rizal, 2021. “Learning Writing Skill During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through E-Learning in English Department Students at the Fourth Semester of IAIN Samarinda in Academic Year 2020/2021”. Thesis, English Education Department, Teacher Training and Tarbiyah Faculty, State Islamic Institute of Samarinda. This research is under the guidance of Mr. Dr. Umar Fauzan, M.Pd as the first advisor and Mrs. Dra. Sitti Hadijah, M.Pd as the second advisor. Writing skill is one of the skills in English. One of the ways to learning writing skill is through E-learning. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, E-learning is a solution to reach the goal of teaching and learning process of writing skill. The objectives of this research were to find out the kinds of E-learning used during the learning writing skill in English Department Students’ at the Fourth Semester of IAIN Samarinda in Academic Year 2020/2021 and to find out the students’ perception of English Department Students’ at the Fourth Semester of IAIN Samarinda in Academic Year 2020/2021 in learning writing skill through E- learning. The design of this research was quantitative research. The researcher analyzed the data by using rate percentage and mean score. The instrument used in this research was questionnaire. The researcher used close-ended questionnaire to gathered the data. The researcher used “Yes/No” questions for 11 questions and “5-Likert Scales” for 7 questions. In this research, the questionnaire’s link distributed via WhatsApp group. The population and sample of this research was English Department Students at the Fourth Semester of IAIN Samarinda. There were 94 students in this research. Based on the results of this research, the researcher found that the most kinds of E-learning used by English Department Students at the Fourth Semester of IAIN Samarinda in learning writing skill during the COVID-19 Pandemic was Mobile Learning. The data showed that in Mobile Learning, 94 students or 100% used Smartphone and 81 students or 86,2% used laptop. Based on the findings, the mean of students’ perception was 23,11. It can be concluded that students’ perception in learning writing skill through E-learning was categorized into very bad category.