Enhancing English Communication Skills Through Performing Arts: A Creative Pedagogical Approach
English communication proficiency has become an essential competency in the increasingly interconnected global landscape, yet conventional pedagogical methods often fall short in fostering authentic, spontaneous, and confident oral expression among learners. Performing arts encompassing drama, role-play, storytelling, improvisation, readers' theatre, and puppetry offer a rich, experiential modality for developing English communication skills that transcends the limitations of traditional classroom instruction. This study investigates the potential of performing arts as a creative pedagogical approach to enhancing English language communication among learners, with particular emphasis on speaking, listening, pronunciation, vocabulary, and pragmatic competence. Drawing upon interdisciplinary perspectives from applied linguistics, educational psychology, drama education, and second language acquisition theory, the research examines how arts-integrated language teaching methodologies influence learner engagement, communicative confidence, and linguistic competence. Employing a qualitative review methodology based on secondary literature, empirical studies, curriculum reports, and pedagogical frameworks, the study explores the multidimensional effects of arts-based learning on English communication development. The findings indicate that performing arts activities significantly enhance oral fluency, prosodic awareness, vocabulary retention, and communicative confidence while simultaneously addressing affective barriers such as language anxiety and inhibition. The study also identifies key institutional, methodological, and contextual factors that influence the effective integration of performing arts in English language teaching contexts. The findings suggest that a structured performing arts pedagogy, when thoughtfully implemented, can serve as a transformative and inclusive approach to English communication skills development across diverse educational settings