What term denotes the practice of offering learners many examples of a language feature within their input?

• A. Input flood
• B. Output practice
• C. Focused practice
• D. Consciousness-raising

Answer: (A)

Recognizing how learners pick up features from abundant input. Providing learners with a flood of examples of a language feature embedded in comprehensible input helps them notice the pattern in varied contexts and build familiarity through repeated exposure. This approach supports implicit learning, where learners pick up usage from what they hear and read rather than from explicit rules. Seeing the same structure across different sentences and situations increases the chances they’ll internalize the form and use it appropriately later. The other activities target different processes: producing language in output practice focuses on spoken or written production; focused practice targets specific forms through targeted drills; consciousness-raising aims to draw attention to a form, often with explicit noticing tasks, but does not necessarily involve abundant, varied input. So, the term that best fits offering many examples of a feature within input is input flood.