Jurnal Pendidikan, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2023 93 Jurnal Pendidikan e-ISSN: 2443-3586 | p-ISSN: 1411-1942 Website http://jurnal.ut.ac.id/index.php/jp Open access under CC BY NC SA Copyright © 2022, the author(s) Vol. 24, No. 2, 2023, 93 – 100 DOI: 10.33830/jp.v24i2/6150.2023 YouTube as a Media for Developing English Proficiency: Experiments on Elementary School Students in Indonesia Septian Maulana 1 , Mega Febriani Sya 1 *, Annissa Mawardini 1 , Ika Tri Yunianika 2 1 Universitas Djuanda, Bogor, Indonesia 2 University of Aberdeen, Scotland *Corresponding Author : megafebrianisya@unida.ac.id Abstract: Technology continues to develop so that it causes changes in the pattern of human life without exception, also in education. This technological advancement requires teachers to develop and adjust additional competencies, one of which is using new technology in the learning process. Learning media can be interpreted as learning process aids that include subject matter information. This study aims to determine whether there is an influence of the use of YouTube videos on improving students' English learning outcomes. The method used in this study is a quantitative approach with a type of Quasi Experiment with a form of nonequivalent control group design. This research uses data analysis techniques, namely descriptive statistical analysis, analysis prerequisite tests, hypothesis tests, and n-gain analysis. The results of the hypothesis test in this study obtained the sig value. (2-tailed) 0.000 < 0.05. Thus, it can be concluded that Ha was accepted and Ho was rejected, this shows that the variables of YouTube video-based learning media have a significant effect on student English learning outcomes. Keywords: learning media, YouTube, English learning outcomes INTRODUCTION Currently, the role of technology is especially important, and it can be used in various aspects of people's lives (Cachón-Zagalaz et al., 2020; D’Cunha et al., 2019). Technological developments in the 21st century is increasingly rapid, followed by the development of Human Resources (HR), which continues to increase (Aslamiah et al, 2020; Fang et al, 2020). The technology that is very easily felt by all people in the world is the internet, where the phenomenon of this technological development means there is no distance limit for communicating and interacting with each other using information from various regions of the world (Ozioko & Dahiya, 2022; Weidlich & Bastiaens, 2018). Technology continues to develop, which causes changes in the pattern of human life and education. This technological advancement requires teachers to be able to develop and adjust additional competencies (Latorre-Cosculluela et al., 2021; Raj & Tomy, 2023), one of which is using modern technology in the learning process so that they can adapt technology as a medium that stimulates students to achieve learning goals. The way to eliminate boredom during learning is to apply technology as a medium or teaching material in an electronic format, which has a new appeal and can provide space and time