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Abstract
Three Phase Technique is a technique which
consists of prewriting stage, writing stage, and revising. In this technique,
the students are required to prepare themselves from pre writing stage to
revising stage. This article describes (1) How Three Phase Technique was
implemented to improve the third semester college students of English Education
in developing the introductory paragraph (Identification) of descriptive essay
and (2) How Three Phase Technique was
implemented to improve the third semester college students of English Education
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.
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