THE PROFILE OF MTs. SOEBONO MANTOFANI CIPUTAT
A. Brief History Of MTs. Soebono Mantofani
Madrasah Tsanawiyah MTs. Soebono Mantofani Ciputat is a non government school in Jombang, Ciputat. It is a kind of Islamic Junior High
School, which the students are taught solely on the base of Islamic beliefs. MTs. Soebono Mantofani resides below the Soebono Mantofani foundation.
There are four levels of formal education institution that residing below this foundation, they are : Raudathul Athfal Kindergarten, Madrasah Ibtida’iyah
Elementary School, Madrasah Tsanawiyah Junior High School and Madrasah Aliyah Senior High School of Soebono Mantofani. All the schools
are located in one area on Jl. Sumatera No. 75 Jombang Ciputat, Tangerang Selatan.
MTs. Soebono Mantofani was officially opened in 1995 and now is led by Dra. Hj. S. Abidah Thohayah, M.Ag. There are 16 classes in the school
with 525 students and 17 teachers. With the details number of students in each grade are: the seventh grade with 161.students, the eight grade with 170
students, and the ninth grade with 194 students.
B. The Curriculum
Curriculum has important role for the success of an educational institution since it gives guidance for the institution as the basis in carrying out
the educational program in order to achieve the institutional goal. The curriculum of MTs. Soebono Mantofani is developed based upon to
the National Curriculum that is drawn up from Religion Ministry with percentage; 70 for general education program and 30 for Islamic
education program. But now, based on the policy of the foundation there is addition for the Islamic education program both in the number of the subject
and in the time allocation.
For this time the MTs. Soebono Mantofani uses the School-Level Curriculum the “KTSP”. It has been developed since 2006 and now it is
developed into syllabus, lesson plan, and annual program.
C. The Process of Teaching Leaning Activity
As the writer had observed and interviewed, the teacher usually uses the traditional technique in the process of teaching learning activity. She usually
presents the material, then gives some exercises to the students, once in a while she governs the class in the group.
English is used in low intensity in class, however the teacher sometimes uses the English expression when she interacts to students. It is intended that
the students will become accustomed to English expression and also to raise their interest in English. The teaching learning activity of English is only takes
place in class. Besides that, there is an audio-visual room that can be used to support the teaching learning of English.
The teaching learning process in class is begun with socializing, the teacher greets the students, reads attendance list, and then she opens the
lesson. She opens the lesson by asking students some question to reviewed the last material and continues by making up some conversation to students as
lead in to stimulate them concerning to the new lesson. Then presentation and skill practice are considered as the essence of the process of teaching learning
activity. In the teaching learning activity teacher mostly presents the students
with reading material, and then she combines it with teaching other English skills and sub skills.
Grammar as one of English sub skills is presented by the teacher by giving explanation about the rule, pattern and usage at first and then she gives
some examples that have correlation to the students’ daily life. After that, she gives the exercise to students whether by asking directly to students or by
giving them the task providing in the textbook or Students’ Work Sheets LKS.
D. The English Text Book