Effective English Learning and Character Education for Young Learners through Animated Video of Indonesian Folklore

The objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness learning English for junior high school students on local Indonesian literature in English, listening and understanding content language skills based popular folktale "Timun Emas" uploaded Andree Rivan Kurniawan's YouTube channel. This was conducted at State Junior High School (SMP) 5 Rakit Kulim from August October 2021 20 seventh grade 26 eighth students. Based results study, values character education implied Timun Mas video story were religious, honest, creative, independent, curious, communicative, hardworking, peace-loving, socially caring, responsible. research YouTube's animated media reveal that maintain a positive attitude about through videos. Students stated films not only help them improve their speaking skills, but also aid vocabulary sentence structure. study's findings imply movies provide teachers with extensive structures, as well boost engaging activities teaching.