Recent Listening Set 9 – Part 4

Computer-based IELTS practice · free

  • •Part 4: questions 31–40. Time allowed: 10 minutes.
  • •Each recording is played ONCE only. Read the questions before you press play.
  • •Write your answers while you listen. Spelling counts.
  • •Use the question numbers at the bottom to move between questions. Flag questions to review later.
  • •Put on your headphones and turn up the volume.
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Part 4

Listen and answer questions 31–40.

Situation: You will hear a lecture about endangered languages.

Questions 31–40

Complete the sentences below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

A language usually dies when stop learning it at home.
Parents may think a dominant language gives better opportunities.
Moving to can also cause language loss.
Many indigenous languages have detailed words for local .
Languages express identity through stories and .
Welsh was helped by bilingual schools and a channel.
In New Zealand, Māori is taught in language .
Linguists elderly speakers.
Learners can practise using .
A language survives only if it is used in life.