Cambridge IELTS 17 · Listening · Test 2 · Part 4
The Impact Of Digital Technology On The Icelandic Language — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for The Impact Of Digital Technology On The Icelandic Language, Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 2 Part 4, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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The Impact Of Digital Technology On The Icelandic Language answer key at a glance
Questions 31–40. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with Note Completion (Q31–40). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 31–40: Note Completion
Strategy: Predict the word class from the note, find the paraphrase of the note's keyword in the transcript, then copy the answer exactly within the word limit.
“In order to illustrate its effect, I’m going to focus on the Icelandic language, which is spoken by around 321,000 people, most of whom live in Iceland – an island in the North Atlantic Ocean.”
A number is needed for the population, and the speaker says Icelandic is 'spoken by around 321,000 people'.
“In fact, the vocabulary of Icelandic is continually increasing because when speakers need a new word for something, they tend to create one, rather than borrowing from another language.”
A noun is required for the word stock, and 'the vocabulary of Icelandic is continually increasing' as new words are created.
“Then there’s an Icelandic word for podcast – which is too hard to pronounce! And so on.”
A noun names the modern invention, and the speaker mentions 'an Icelandic word for podcast'.
“Think about smartphones. They didn’t even exist until comparatively recently, but today young people use them all the time to read books, watch TV or films, play games, listen to music, and so on.”
A plural noun is needed for the devices: 'smartphones' are what young people 'use... all the time' to read, watch and play.
“Obviously, this is a good thing in many respects because it promotes their bilingual skills, but the extent of the influence of English in the virtual world is staggering and it’s all happening really fast.”
An adjective describes the two-language skill, and using English 'promotes their bilingual skills'.
“teachers have found that playground conversations in Icelandic secondary schools can be conducted entirely in English”
A noun is needed before 'conversations', and teachers found that these take place in the 'playground'.
“while teachers of much younger children have reported situations where their classes find it easier to say what is in a picture using English, rather than Icelandic.”
A singular noun follows 'in a', and younger classes describe what is 'in a picture' more easily in English.
“The other drawback of Icelandic is the grammar, which is significantly more complex than in most languages. At the moment, the tech giants are simply not interested in tackling this.”
A noun is required as the drawback, and 'the grammar' is 'significantly more complex than in most languages'.
“When you consider how much of the past is tied up in a language, will young Icelanders lose their sense of their own identity?”
A noun follows 'sense of their own', and the worry is that young Icelanders may lose their 'identity'.
“If children are learning two languages through different routes, neither of which they are fully fluent in, will they be able to express themselves properly?”
An adjective follows 'fully', and the concern is children who are not 'fully fluent' in either language.
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It is Part 4 of Cambridge IELTS 17 Listening Test 2, and it covers Questions 31–40.
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The part is tested with Note Completion. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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