Emalinda Peni Pengarang YOSEP B. KROON Dosen Pembimbing 2 Mandaru Dosen Pembimbing 1 Santri Emilin Pingsaboi Djahimo Penguji 2 A. M. Mandaru Ketua Penguji Clemens Kolo Penguji 1

The purpose of this study was to describe the strategy of teaching writing used by English teachers at Junior High Schools at Kota Kupang and students' efforts in practicing writing skills during online learning. This research uses a descriptive qualitative with respondents who were English teachers and Junior Highs students. The data collection techniques were interviews and document studies. The results showed that the strategies used to teach writing are the Assignment and Picture series methods in teaching texts via online and offline learning. The assignment is the primary method used by all teachers, whereas picture series is used by only a few teachers depending on the text they teach. These two methods are existing methods that have been implemented in face-to-face learning in the classroom before this pandemic. It shows that the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, which changed the learning method from face-to-face to online, initially shocked teachers, so they could not have new strategies specifically for teaching writing. As for learning resources and the media used, textbooks are the primary learning resources, and some teachers also use learning videos. The learning media used are WhatsApp, Zoom, Google Classroom, and Google meets for online learning. As for the evaluation related to student writing, teachers cannot evaluate optimally because students' writing work is influenced by others, often the result of their work is the result of copy and pasting from google. Another finding is that students do not put much effort into practicing writing skills during this pandemic. Only one student seriously worked on the video related to the text being taught. In addition, when they face difficulties in writing, students are reluctant to ask the teacher. Key Word: Teaching Strategies, Writing, Online Learning, Digital Learning