<![CDATA[This study aims to: (1) describe the development of Powtoon-assisted speech text teaching materials based on the needs of Grade VIII students at MTsN PematangSiantar; (2) describe the form of the developed teaching materials in improving students’ understanding of speech texts; and (3) determine the feasibility of theresulting product. This study employed a Research and Development (R&D) methodusing the Borg and Gall model, which was simplified and adjusted to the needs andlimitations of the research. The stages included: (a) identifying potentials andproblems, (b) collecting data, (c) designing the product, (d) validating the product, and (e) revising the product. The subjects of this research consisted of three validators, namely a material expert, a media expert, and an Indonesian languageteacher at MTsN Pematang Siantar. Data were collected through interviews with theIndonesian language teacher and questionnaires administered to students to identify their learning needs. The product developed in this study was a Powtoon-assisted speech text teaching material in the form of a learning video. The validationresults showed that the product obtained a score of 86.6% from the material expert, 89.6% from the media expert, and 95% from the Indonesian language teacher. The overall average score was 90.4%, indicating that the developed product falls intothe “very feasible” category. Therefore, the Powtoon-assisted speech text teachingmaterial is considered suitable for use in the teaching and learning process to support students’ understanding of speech texts.]]>
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