STUDENTS’ PROBLEMS IN WRITING PARAGRAPH AT ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM OF STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY SULTHAN THAHA SAIFUDDIN JAMBI

The objective of this study was to know Students' Problems in Writing Paragraph at English Department of State Islamic University Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi. The research design in this study was qualitative descriptive approach. In collecting the data, the researcher use interview result. This research focuces on students problems in writing paragraph which was the areas to assess writing paragraphs are Format, Mechanics, Content, Organization and Grammar. In this research, the researcher used purposefully select some of Third Semester English Department as the participants. From findings and discussion that the students' problems in writing paragraphs were that students were very difficult to find the main idea in writing paragraphs, and there were still many students who had problems understanding basic grammar and had not been able to develop paragraphs using coherent threads of ideas aspects which was it the biggest students' difficulties in writing english paragraph. Knowing the students' difficulties in writing can also help to solve the problems of students in the subjects of writing in learning process