The Noticing Hypothesis
Noticing Hypothesis (Schmidt, 1990, 2001)
- Nothing is learned unless it has been noticed.
- Noticing does not itself result in acquisition, but it is the essential starting point.
- second language learner could not being to acquire a language feature until they had become aeare of itin the input.
- Whether learners must be aware that they are "notticing" something in the input in order to acquire linguistic feature is considered debatable.