In 1967, more than fifty years ago, Corder introduced the concept of “input” in the second language acquisition (SLA) research field. In 1985, Krashen introduced the concept of “comprehensible input hypothesis.” In 1990, Schmidt introduced the concept of “noticing hypothesis” [1]. Today, “input” is becoming more and more popular in the research on second language acquisition. This paper tries to connect theories about input and noticing hypothesis in hope that the clear definition can be helpful to guide language teaching accordingly.
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