An Anaysis Of Factors Affecting Students In Thesis Writing In Englis Study Program FKIP-UIR

This study aims to analyze factors affecting students in writing thesis. The participants were students at English Study Program FKIP-UIR academic year 2016/2017. In this research, the researcher used qualitative approach and the study was designed as a descriptive method. The instrument for this study is questionnaire and interview. The questionnaire used to explore the detailed information related to the factors affecting students' in writing thesis. The researcher took 20 students to fill out the questionnaire, then, chose 5 students from 20 students as interviewee to give emphasize answer the questionnaire’s result. The questions related to the factors affecting writing thesis. There are 3 factors; Personality/Psychological Factors, Sociocultural Factors, and Linguistics Factors. The result revealed that English language education students have high score criteria for each factors affecting in thesis writing. According to questionnaire result, in the personality/psychological factors, they got 73 % that means high in score criteria.For sociocultural factors, they got 75% that students have high difficulties in this factor. And the last factors, it is linguistics factors, they got 80%.this is the highest percentage beside 2 factors before. In this factors, got very high for score criteria. The researcher also counted the average of 3 factors affecting students in thesis writing. It showed that they got 76 % which mean have high score criteria. Students have to be more pay attention in linguistics factors. Because, it is the highest factors that can inhibit students in writing thesis. Based on the result, it showed that the questionnaire’s result and interview's answer is matched. In the interview's answer, there are no interviewees who don't agree at all interview's question