The aim of this research is mitigating learning loss through linguistic
landscape exposure of the 9th grade SMPN 2 Sukodono. The students experienced
learning loss in covid-19 pandemic. The proof could be found in the past when the
teacher did learning and teaching process. The students did not attend to online
class. They did not submit assignment in the google classroom. The teacher also
did home visit when in covid-19 pandemic. Researcher used these data to make a
research. The scope of the study was in 9th grade 9-A, 9-B, and 9-D totally 100
students. This study took focus in students’ motivation. The problem above made
the teacher had innovation to solve it. The researcher was mitigating learning loss
through Linguistic landscape exposure of the 9th grade SMPN 2 Sukodono. The
research design of this study was case study, quantitative data and qualitative data.
The instrument was used close questionnaire and open questionnaire in google
form. Based on the data we could be found the average who experienced by the
students in covid-19 pandemic. The students chose strongly sure 33,4%, the
students who chose sure 46% and the students who chose not sure only 20,6%.
Totally the students who really experienced in learning loss in covid-19 pandemic
was 79,4%, and the students who chose not sure only 20,6%. So only 20,6% of the
students did not experience learning loss in covid-19 pandemic. The other data
proved the average of the students answered in google form who chose weak was
52,5%, who chose very weak 28,2% and who chose strong 19,6% students. The
situation of covid-19 pandemic influenced the motivation to learn of the students.
The students who did not have motivation to learn 80,4% in covid-19 pandemic.
Then, the students who had strong motivation to learn only 19,6%.
Teaching learning process used observation method and discovery learning.
The students used to see pictures when they study about label of products before
they practiced, made and created the linguistic landscape in canva application. The
researcher used instrument to do this observation. The students were so enjoyed to
do all the activities.
It also proved linguistic landscape mitigated learning loss after covid-19
pandemic. The data proved that the students who answered strongly sure 41%, who
answered sure 51,4%, and who answered not sure 7,6%. This average stated that
learning loss could be reduced or could be mitigated by linguistic landscape. Totally
there were 92,4% of the students answered linguistic landscape mitigated learning
loss. From the data it could be proved that mitigating learning loss through
linguistic landscape exposure in 9th grade SMPN 2 Sukodono succeed. Linguistic
landscape could be mitigated learning loss by exposure it in the class.