An Analysis Of Academic Procrastination Among Efl Students

Academic procrastination is the common problem among students including undergraduate students. This research aimed to find out the factors and strategies to overcome academic procrastination among EFL students. A qualitative method was applied in this study. The participants were ten students of English Language Education Department UIN Ar-Raniry batch 2020. The data were gathered using interview and analyzed using thematic analysis. This study found that several factors influence EFL students’ academic procrastination. The factors included physical factors, time management, internet addiction, task characteristics, instruction and environment. Moreover, students also had strategies to manage this problem. The strategies were finding motivation, minimizing distractions, and setting a schedule. This indicated that even though several factors affect EFL students’ academic procrastination, they tried to find strategies to overcome this problem.