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ABSTRACT Nur Azizah, 2315.059. Students’ Problems on Autonomous English Learning in MAN 3 AGAM. A Thesis, UIN Sjech M. Djamil Djambek Bukittinggi, 2022. In Indonesian educational system, learner autonomy has been demanded to be promoted in the teaching and learning process of recent curriculum implementation. Unfortunately, it cannot be denied that learner autonomy still poses a challenge to be implemented in Indonesia since the teacher-centered learning is still dominant. Therefore, it is essential to explore students’ problems on learner autonomy in one study. This research used descriptive quantitative research. By employing a case study, this study used the questionnaire as the students’ data collection methods to see in-depth the students’ difficulty on student’s problems on autonomous English Learning. Ninety one students from XI of MAN 3 AGAM were involved to elicit their problems on autonomous English learning and how the teacher’s efforts in promoting learner autonomy in the English learning. The researcher used Total Sampling in choosing the sample. The findings showed that the students have the problems on autonomous English learning. This study also underlined that there were three of seven indicators was found problematic enough of students on autonomous English learning. There were (1) willing to take risks, (2) good guessers, (3) develop the target language into a separate reference system and are willing to revise and reject hypotheses and rules that do not apply. The finding showed the third indicators were problematic enough on autonomous English learning. In other hand, the research showed there were four indicators was low problematic. There were (1) Autonomous learners have insights into their learning styles and strategies, (2) The learners take an active approach to the learning task at hand, (3) The learners try to be proactive in developing their ability in English by seeking external knowledge, and (4) The students should have a tolerant and outgoing approach to the target language.