A person's writing ability doesnt stand alone, but is interconnected with
other abilities, namely reading, speaking and listening. Writing is a complex
process that allows students to explore thoughts and ideas. Students who are able
to make thoughts through the process of producing writing can improve their
learning abilities, teachers should create learning situations that can teach
students to be more active in developing various writing techniques, in order to
foster writing skills so that students have the opportunity to practice writing
during applied distance learning. currently. The ongoing pandemic makes
teachers unable to supervise writing learning for grade 1 students, this makes
students experience difficulty in improving their writing skills in terms of
language. This study aims to analyze the difficulties of grade 1 students in
learning to write during distance learning in the pandemic era of SD Negeri 4
Serang, Purbalingga Regency. The method used in this research is a qualitative
descriptive case study. Participants in the study consisted of 3 grade 1 students, 4
parents, a grade 1 teacher, and the principal. Checking the validity of the data
obtained from the field was tested using research triangulation. Research
activities that have been carried out, as long as distance learning is applied,
students have difficulty learning to write while studying at their respective homes
because face-to-face learning is not allowed so that the teacher's role in
supervising students' writing learning activities is very lacking, especially internal
factors and external factors causing students to lose interest in improving their
writing skills in terms of language