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CHAPTER III PROFILE OF THE SCHOOL
A. The Description of School
MTs N 8 Jakarta is located on Jl. Komp. BTN Kresek Indah Duri Kosambi Cengkareng Jakarta Barat.
There are 33 teachers who teach 569 students in MTs N 8 Jakarta which divided into three grades; 146 students in first grade, 243 students in
second grade and 180 students in third grade. The school has 16 classrooms, 1 teacher room, 1 principal room, 14
rest rooms, 1 library, 2 laboratories, such as computer lab, and biology lab, 1 “UKS” room, 1 meeting room, 1 administration room, 1 cooperation, and 4
canteens. This school has subject hours for all subjects include
“Muatan lokal” and special course pendalaman materi for third grade after they are
finished school, such as English, mathematics, science and social.
B. The English Teachers
Teachers become very important in every school. Without teachers, the students will study by themselves. There are several functions of the
teachers, such as; they become a facilitator in classroom, become an instructor, become a guide in learning process, etc. In MTs N 8 Jakarta,
there are 4 English teachers. All of them have responsibilities to teach based
on the class, three of them to teach class one, two and three, then one of them only teach mulok muatan lokal for class one until three especially
for English conversation and personal details of the teachers can be seen on this table below:
Table 3.1 The Table of Teachers
’ Profile
No Name
A graduate from
Teaching Experience
Teaching at Grade
Status
1. Dra. Rina Nova
UIN Syarif
Hidayatullah Jakarta
Since 1995 16 years
VIII Civil
Servant PNS
2. Rudi Hartono, S.Pd STKIP
Kusuma Negara
Since 2006 5 years
IX Civil
Servant PNS
3. Heni, S.Pd
Univ. Indraprasta
Jakarta Since 2008
3 years VII
Honorary Honorer
4. Siti Umiyati, S.Pd
Univ. Muhammadi
yah Prof. Dr. Hamka
Jakarta Since 2008
3 years I-IX
To teach Mulok
“Muatan lokal”
Honorary Honorer
C. The Teaching-learning English Activities