Abstract:
Critical thinking in writing for learners is needed to able to build a sense of
crisis towards any issues. This capacity is required to create a framework based on
reflecting, exploring, and solving some practical problems in their learning, work, and
daily lives. This article aims to enhance critical writing towards undergraduate students
in conducting research. The research method used is descriptive method with qualitative
approach. The data used to analyze is gotten from many research articles in international
journals discussing critical writing to conduct a research proposal. The research
discussion and result state that learners’ capacity to be familiar with critical thinking
writing is essential. It deals with brainstorming the problems of research topics,
reflecting, and exploring the issues of research topics. Students should also have the
capacity to write the research background, research problem, review of related literature,
and research method based on the guidelines of the research proposal. The writing skill
relating to the competence of organization, elaborating content, paying attention
mechanics, language use, and vocabulary become the leading and supporting capital to
be successful in conducting the research proposal.
Keywords: critical thinking, research proposal, writing
