Emotional resonance and language transfer: an analysis of the psychological mechanisms of musical theatre in the English classroom

As an integrated art form combining language, emotion, and performance, musical theatre has increasingly attracted attention in English language teaching in recent years. Drawing upon educational psychology and language transfer theory, this paper explores the psychological mechanisms through which musical theatre stimulates students' emotional resonance and facilitates language transfer in the English classroom, based on literature review and case analysis. The study finds that musical theatre, through multimodal input and contextualized expression, contributes to improving the quality of language input and expressive ability, thereby enhancing learning motivation. The paper proposes corresponding teaching strategies, aiming to provide both theoretical support and practical reference for the application of musical theatre in English instruction.