Language in the input that learners notice and internalise is called what?

• A. Intake
• B. Input
• C. Output
• D. Interlanguage

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is distinguishing between the data you’re exposed to and what actually sticks in your brain for learning. The term for language in the input that learners notice and internalize is intake. Input is the raw language you hear or read. Not all of that information becomes part of your developing knowledge. The portion you notice and process—the features you pay attention to and that your mind integrates into your growing system—becomes intake. This is supported by the idea that noticing is the first step toward learning: without noticing, input doesn’t enter your internal grammar. Intake, then, is the bridge from external language data to internal knowledge you can understand and use. Output is what you produce, which helps test and refine your knowledge, and interlanguage is the evolving state of your own developing grammar—both related to learning but not the act of noticing and internalizing itself.