Abstract :
This study was aimed at finding the students’ problems in writing thesis
proposal. The subjects of this study were 20 students of Study Program of English
Language Education Hamzanwadi University in academic year 2019-2020. The
data were collected by using questionnaire with 27 items to capture student’s
opinion about their problems in writing their thesis proposal. Descriptive
quantitative design was used in this research. After doing the research it was
found that students problems caused by two factors. Those are sociocultural and
linguistic factor. The result of the analysis showed that most of students faced
problems in four kinds of problems those are: in writing data analysis, finding
relevant references, lack vocabulary, and writing theoretical framework. However,
to solve the students problems in writing thesis proposal there are some
suggestions. For students, they should learn more about grammar and practice
how to write good thesis and read various books to get new vocabulary. For
teachers, they should give more specific explanation and make sure the students
understand about the explanation.
Key Word: thesis proposal, problems