The musical Hamilton,which blends language,music,and cultural expression,offers a fresh pathway for secondlanguage acquisition(SLA)in secondary-school English classrooms.Grounded in Krashen’s Input Hypothesis and Aff...The musical Hamilton,which blends language,music,and cultural expression,offers a fresh pathway for secondlanguage acquisition(SLA)in secondary-school English classrooms.Grounded in Krashen’s Input Hypothesis and Affective Filter Hypothesis,this article examines how the show enhances input quality,stimulates learner motivation,and fosters cultural inquiry.Findings indicate that musicals can effectively optimize a multimodal learning environment and promote students’language comprehension and production.The paper recommends the judicious integration of such resources to diversify classroom practice and improve learning outcomes.展开更多
文摘The musical Hamilton,which blends language,music,and cultural expression,offers a fresh pathway for secondlanguage acquisition(SLA)in secondary-school English classrooms.Grounded in Krashen’s Input Hypothesis and Affective Filter Hypothesis,this article examines how the show enhances input quality,stimulates learner motivation,and fosters cultural inquiry.Findings indicate that musicals can effectively optimize a multimodal learning environment and promote students’language comprehension and production.The paper recommends the judicious integration of such resources to diversify classroom practice and improve learning outcomes.
