<![CDATA[This study aimed to examine the effect of using animation movie from Disney+ integrated with the KWL (Know–Want–Learn) strategy on students’ listening comprehension. The research was conducted among 32 eighth-grade students of SMPN 50 Makassar in the academic year 2025/2026. A pre-experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test was applied. The data were collected through listening tests administered before and after the treatment and analyzed using the Shapiro–Wilk normality test, paired sample t-test, and N-Gain score. The results revealed a significant improvement in students’ listening performance after the treatment. The mean score increased from 44.63 in the pre-test to 88.94 in the post-test. The paired sample t-test result showed a significance value of 0.000 < 0.05, indicating a statistically significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores. The average N-Gain score was 0.81, which belongs to the high category, suggesting that the learning intervention was highly effective. The findings indicate that the integration of animation movie into English listening activities enhanced students’ ability to identify main ideas, understand specific information, recognize vocabulary in context, and make inferences. Moreover, the use of animation movie created an enjoyable and engaging learning atmosphere, increasing students’ motivation and participation. Therefore, it can be concluded that employing animation movie from Disney+ through the KWL strategy is an effective approach to improve students’ listening comprehension and engagement in English language learning.]]>
