Building Students’ Character Through The Use of Three Phase Technique in Teaching Descriptive Writing  

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Kurniasih, Esti ; Pusparini, Ririn

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: 58th TEFLIN International Conference: Language Teaching and Character Building, Semarang, 3rd-5th November 2011, page 1-13.
Topik: character; character building; three phase technique; descriptive writing/essay.
Fulltext: 43.ESTI KURNIASIH &RIRIN PUSPARINI.pdf (90.93KB)

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Character education is a crucial thing in human’s life. Related to character education, school is the most influential and important place to build students’ character. Education can be considered successful when it can change the students’ behavior and attitude towards life. To have good character, these students’ character can be built and taught in all fields. In language teaching, for instance, we can build and teach students’ character through the use of Three Phase Technique in teaching descriptive writing. This article describes (1) How Three Phase Technique is implemented to improve the ability of the third semester college students of English Education in developing the introductory paragraph (Identification) of descriptive essay; (2) How Three Phase Technique is implemented to improve the ability of the third semester college students of English Education in developing the body paragraph (Description) of descriptive essay; (3) How Three Phase Technique can build the third semester college students’ character in developing the introductory paragraph (Identification) of descriptive essay; and (4) How Three Phase Technique can build the third semester college students’ character in developing the body paragraph (Description) of descriptive essay. The result of the research in general showed that (1) Three Phase Technique can improve the students ability in writing descriptive essays; (2) Every stage in this technique is very helpful for the students to write descriptive essay, (3) The first stage of this technique (i.e. determining topic and making strategic questions) helps the students to develop the introductory paragraph (Identification) of descriptive essay; (4) All activities in prewriting stage help the students to develop the body paragraph (Description) of descriptive essay. Those activities are determining topic, finding the keywords related to the topic (brainstorming), making strategic questions, and making mind mapping; and (5) The last stage of this technique, i.e. revising, also helps the students to improve their ability in writing descriptive essays. Meanwhile, related to character building, all stages in Three Phase Technique really build the student’s character. For example, in prewriting stage, the students’ characters that can be built are creative, independence, and logical, critical, creative, and innovative thinking. While on the second stage, i.e. whilst writing, the students’ characters that are built are creative and independence. On the last stage of this technique, i.e. revising, the students’ characters that can be built are tolerance, self-confidence, critical thinking, and respect.

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