This research was conducted due to the problems that were faced by the students of English Education Department of IAIN Bukittinggi. The problem is that students tended to use the same topic on their research. Students did not explore creatively the scope of TEFL, so that they did the same research topic. The design of this research was descriptive quantitative research. The data was gotten through documentation. Sample of this research were 169 thesis abstracts from total population were 182

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... esis abstracts. The samples were taken using purposive sampling technique. Researcher served the data into table of the trend on TEFL research. The technique of data analysis was through content analysis. Based on the findings of the research, it was found that the result showed the trend on TEFL research. The trend was then identified into three categories: research topic, target language skill and research method. The findings showed that teaching style or strategy was balance with planning and course design as the trend on research topic (24.85%). Writing was the trend on target language skill (19.52%). Descriptive quantitative was the trend of research method (42.01%).