10 ABCDEF People were encouraged to view the language with less prejudice. Research on the subject of language extinction began in the 1990s. Why Britain's monolingualism could be costly for the nation. intrigue against (m mu chng li). Consider the facts of negative sentences, for example. (n1) (ko c g lm or ko lm g c, nhn ri) If good descriptions and materials are available, even extinct languages can be resurrected. poppy (cy anh tc, cy thuc phin lun th phi :3 :3) B. Maori 'He was charged with causing death by DANGEROUS DRIVING'. Nevertheless, the complexity of human expression, may have started off as simple stages in animal thinking or problem-solving. Write your answers in boxes 36-40 on your answer sheet. 'Clare's been groomed to take her father's place when he retires'. (v1) (co) = scrape or rub as if to relieve itching And in any case, when a group abandons its native language, it is generally for another that is more economically advantageous to them: why should we question the wisdom of that choice? hemisphere (n) ('hemisfi) Student: My first language is very difficult to learn because of the pronunciation. DRACONIAN MEASURES/ CONTROLS/ PENALTIES. 'I'm afraid the problems you mention are inherent in the system'. (n2) a man who is big, ugly, and stupid. IELTS is accepted by more than 11,000 employers, universities, string (v) (tri, bn, buc). Ever heard of Gray's Anatomy not the TV show, but the 1858 medical textbook by Henry Gray? In an exclusive interview to The Hindu-EducationPlus in Kochi, Mr. McLaven elaborated on a wide range of topics related to IELTS. Thanks! directly engage (trc tip tham gia) But how did we GRADUATE FROM grooming TO gossip? According to the Atlas, almost 3,000 languages around the world are either extinct or under threat of becoming so. speculate (v) ('spekjuleit) = GUESS (suy on) Such a recent origin for language seems at first rather. A TENDENCY TO DO SOMETHING. You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours (c qua c li mi toi lng nhau). This language had been extinct for about a century, but had been quite well documented. Written samples of the language permitted its revitalisation. But can we save a few thousand languages, just like that? migration (mai'grein) (s di tr) (on ngi di tr, by chim di tr) Even if ARCHAIC HUMANS (:'kei-ik) were physically capable of speech (a HYOID bone ('haiid) for supporting the LARYNX ('lriks) and TOUNGE has been found in a Neanderthal SKELETON), we cannot assume (tha nhn, cho l, gi nh) symbolic communication. Used figuratively ('figjurtivli), it means something that calms or soothes. 'hazardous DRIVING CONDITIONS (=weather that makes driving dangerous'. Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. Rather, the problem is that the very notion of enumerating languages is a lot more complicated than it might seem. 'Jones refused to speculate about what might happen' I'm a French (frent) teacher, but I remember when I first started to learn the language, I really struggled ('strgl) with it. 1 YESNONOT GIVEN The rate at which languages are becoming extinct has increased. t 'product (nhn 1) ch l DANH T, ko c ng t 'The job entailed us standing in the snow for hours dressed as giant, human hot dogs. Teacher: What do you think you need to do to be a good language learner?. 3.1 Read the text and then answer the questions. In other words, we can potentially TRACK language by looking at the behaviour (UNCOUNTABLE) of other animals. (penalty, penlti) (n2) (li nhc) 'Poverty and poor housing correlate with a shorter life expectancy'. Other animals dont come close to understanding our, sophisticated thought processes. But people also use this word for any kind of event that signifies moving through a stage of life. The actual processes under which IELTS is managed are incredibly watertight. It is not likely to last very long. In their 2009 list, there were 6,909 different languages, today they list 7,111. BE IN FULL POSSESSION OF ALL YOU FACULTIES (= able to see, hear, think etc in the normal way) (c y mi nng lc (nhn, nghe, ni, hiu)). If we had a complete inventory of the set of parameters that can serve in this way, we could then say that each particular collection of values for those parameters that we could identify in the knowledge of some set of speakers should count as a distinct language. 'motor never' (dy thn kinh vn ng). IELTS General Reading Practice Test 6 With Answers. If during that exchange, it is obvious to them that students English is perfectly fluent, they may ask them not to take an English test. And Scratch, often referred to as Old Scratch, is a longstanding nickname of the Devil. Correlate can also be used as a noun. .chakra .wef-facbof{display:inline;}@media screen and (min-width:56.5rem){.chakra .wef-facbof{display:block;}}You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. These are organisations which provide children under five with a domestic setting in which they are intensively exposed to the language. In the course of the past two or three decades, linguists all over the world have been gathering comparative data. So does the science of Linguistics provide a better basis for measuring the number of different languages spoken in the world? ritual (n, a) ('ritul), rites are rituals. there are over 6,000 different languages today ielts Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 3? And as long as people continue to value it as a true marker of their identity, and are prepared to keep using it, it will develop new functions and new vocabulary, as any other living language would do. OR, An ancestor came before. People must be able to read and write if they and their language are to have a future in an increasingly computer- literate civilisation. 'I watched the guys as they bantered with the waitresses'. derive (di'raiv) (c ngun gc t) Where are the authors from? Web1/10 of 44. How do we know? 'The company is planning to diversify into other mining activities'. When the parts of the whole work or fit together well, they are cohesive, like a cohesive family. I didn't remember to bring my puppy, Fido, in from the snow until he began to frantically ('frtikli) (in cung) scratch at the door. Every Year Several Languages Die Out IELTS Writing Task 2 Standard Italian uses a negative marker which precedes the verb (Maria non mangia la carne = Maria not eats the meat), while the language spoken in Pimonte (Piedmontese) uses a negative marker that follows the verb (Maria a mangia nen la carn = Maria she eats not the meat). 'the civilization of mankind' (loi ngi, nhn loi). 'faculty of speech' (kh nng din thuyt). WebThe most recent estimates show us that there are around 6,000 different languages spoken around the world and that 548 languages with fewer than 99 speakers, according to Harrison, make up nearly one-tenth of the world's languages, and all are faced with almost certain disappearance (p. 4). 'Motherese' is a small social step up from the contact calls of PRIMATES, but at this stage grooming probably still did most of the BONDING. In order to survive, a language needs to be spoken by more than 100 people. wander mentally (ngh lan man, ngh th thn) On top of each questions, there a space for you to draft, you can quickly taking note of anything that you think it may related to the answers. Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses. 'Many smaller radio stations broadcast on archaic equipment'. We have migrated to a new commenting platform. Disappearing Languages The Ainu language of Japan, after many years of neglect and repression, had reached a stage where there were only eight fluent speakers left, all elderly. The Hindu Education Plus. We will get back to you shortly. Irony is a contrast between what seems appropriate or expected and what actually happens. To save a language from extinction isnt cheap - but more and more people are arguing that the alternative is the death of communities. 11 ABCDEF Language immersion programmes were set up for sectors of the population. You can say that again = I totally agree with you. 'My ancestors were French'. The majority of colleges and universities in the U.K. still require evidence of English language ability. intrigue (v) (1, mu , 2 = interest). It is called revitalisation. Certain parts of the world are more vulnerable than others to language extinction. (n1) (s nhp c): the process of entering another country in order to live there PERMANENTLY. There are over 6000 different languages today, and the main language families are thought to have arisen (xut hin) as modern humans WANDERED about the GLOBE in four great MIGRATIONS beginning 100,000 years ago. There are cases like this all over the world. produce -> production Questions 28-32 But it can nonetheless act as a badge of present-day identity for its people. As of 2009, at least a portion of the bible had been translated into 2,508 different languages, still a long way short of full coverage. Since the number of possible grammatical systems expands exponentially as the number of parameters grows, if we have only about 25 or 30 of these, the number of possible languages in this sense becomes huge: well over a billion, on the assumption of thirty distinct parameters. The solution here was the creation in the 1980s of a unified written language for all these dialects. Nevertheless, the complexity of human expression may have STARTED OFF as simple stages in animal 'thinking' or problem-solving. 'Navigation becomes more difficult further up the river'. The imprecision in this estimate is largely due to the fact that Afamilyisa group of languages that can be shown to be genetically related to one another. READING-PAPER-9-KEY 1 .docx - Course Hero Teachers also need to be able to explain things clearly and in a way that is easy to follow. There has been some confusion regarding the U.K. requirement since the introduction of the new points-based student visa system that came out in May 2009. ape (n) (eip) (kh khng ui), mutation (n) (mju:'tein), FOXP2 in humans differs only slightly from the gene in CHIMPANZEES and may be about 200,000 years old, slightly older than the earliest modern humans. Related to this is the fact that we refer to the language of, say, Chaucer (1400), Shakespeare (1600), Thomas Jefferson (1800) and George W. Bush (2000) all as English, but it is safe to say these are not all mutually intelligible. The situation in North America is typical. START OFF = BEGIN (longman): to begin ST in a particular way, or to begin in a particular way. The hope is that the children will keep their Maori skills alive after leaving the nests, and that as they grow older they will, in turn, become role models to a new generation of young children. Questions 33-35 STROKE (n) (t qu) Languages of the world - Interesting facts about languages 'Ana wandered off to get a drink'. This website uses cookies to ensure that you get the best user experience on our website. 'the Northern hemisphere'. bury ('beri) (v) -> BURIAL ('beril) (n) (L DANH T NHA B): (vic chn ct, vic an tng) Some would say that the death of a language is much less worrisome than that of a species. 2 YESNONOT GIVEN Research on the subject of language extinction began in the 1990s. 'draconian measures to control population growth'. (a1) = UNITED (thng nht) cohering (dnh cht vo nhau, c kt) or tending to cohere; well integrated Read the question carefully and try to answer as many questions as possible. In Switzerland, Romansch was facing a difficult situation, spoken in five very different dialects, with small and diminishing numbers, as young people left their community for work in the German-speaking cities. F. Kauma Remember to transfer them to the answer boxes. Those have been driving forces in the evolution of language (HTHT tip din) (chng ang truyn cc lc trong qu trnh pht trin ca ngn ng), product ('prdkt) B support from the indigenous population, C books tracing the historical development of the language, D on-the-spot help from language experts, E a range of speakers of different ages, G a common purpose for which the language is required. 'A new computer system entails a lot of re-training'. Having said that, we do, from time to time, find candidates who are trying to commit some form of malpractice or another. 'Financial factors should not constrain doctors from prescribing the best treatment for patients'. For the first time, linguists have put a price on language. (n1) (s t bin) A mutation is a genetic change that causes new and different characteristics, like the mutation on the dog's DNA that makes its tail shorter than its ancestors' tails. D. Romansch gelada ('deld) ('del:d) 'We need to diversify the economy'. Questions 33-35. (v2) (lin quan, dnh lu vo) = ENGAGE (lin quan, dnh lu) as a participant 'ARCHAIC CIVILIZATIONS' (cc nn vn minh c) Well, neither of those is doing any worse than endangered-language issue has of late been a large majority of the 6,000 to 7,000 languages that something of a flavour of the month, there is remain in use on Earth. There is nothing unusual about a single language dying. Whatever the worldslinguistic diversityat the present, it is steadily declining, as local forms of speech increasingly become moribund before the advance of the major languages of world civilization. To this point, we have assumed that we know how to count the worlds languages. entail (v) (in'teil) (i hi): to involve ST as a necessary part or result or means what something involves. But many languages are not in such a serious position. However, music, chit-chat and even humor may have been driving, forces in the evolution of language, and gossip possibly freed our ancestors from sitting, There are over 6,000 different languages today, and the main language families are, thought to have arisen as modern humans wandered about the globe in four great, migrations beginning 100,000 years ago. And when the reviving language is associated with a degree of political autonomy, the growth can be especially striking, as shown by Faroese, spoken in the Faroe Islands, after the Islanders received a measure of autonomy from Denmark. Once we go beyond the major languages of economic and political power, such asEnglish, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and a few more with millions of speakers each, everywhere we look in the world we find a vast number of others, belonging to many genetically distinct families. The knight's quest - forced upon him by the queen-is to find out what women want. 'the Earth's FINITE RESOURCES'. YES if the statement agrees with the writer s views If someone has scratch marks on their skin, you might wonder if they have been in a fight where there was scratching. On the other hand, the fact that adjectives precede their nouns in English (we say a red balloon, not a balloon red) is a fact about English, since the opposite is true, for instance, in French. free (v) = release (th, phng thch, tr t do) faculty ('fklti) Stating that IELTS has recorded growth in India too, he said that over 2.3 lakh candidates took the test in the country last year. WebA typical person knows about 70,000 words. Over 2.3 lakh candidates took the test in the country last year. Drugs made from opium are used to reduce severe pain. like a breath of fresh air: something new and exciting. Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, The benefits of being bilingual: for you and your business. (precede, pri:'si:d) Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle. But it can nonetheless act as a badge of present-day identity for its people. Agents (tc nhn) of two opposing powers intrigue against each other. * With contributions from David Harrison, Laurence Horn, Rafaella Zanuttini and David Lightfoot. 'His mind wanders at times'. There are over 6,000 institutions across the world recognising IELTS. 'half a jar of peanut butter', IELTS_Camb_Vocabulary7_Onthe move/ transporta, Vocabulary for ielts - Unit 10 (13/09/2017) -, Vocabulary for ielts - Unit 9- (16/10/2016) -, Vocabulary for ielts - Unit 8 - (16/11/2016), Albert Valdman, Cathy Pons, Mary Ellen Scullen, Bill VanPatten, Stacey Weber-Feve, Wynne Wong, Chemistry Chapter 4 concepts and problems. William and Iain look for the origin ('rdn) of language in early SYMBOLIC behaviour and the evolutionary (,i:v'lu:nri) selection (chn lc tin ha) IN FINE MOTOR CONTROL. Nor could their younger partners teach them the signs that indicate left and right. Literary Skills Review: Folk Tale. 28. Communities have come and gone throughout history, and with them their language. What do you think the related form of censurer means? Explain the role that each of the following individuals played during the American Revolution. * This window is to review your answers only, you cannot change the answers in here. Excerpts from the interview: How do you rate the popularity of the IELTS exam especially in the wake of the economic downturn experienced across the world? Primate (tng gim mc): the most important PRIEST (priest, pri:st) in a country, especially in the Church of England. Different languages may display the same sentence patterns, while a single language may display a great variety of patterns. B. support from the indigenous population People were encouraged to view the language with less prejudice. Some images used in this set are licensed under the Creative Commons through Flickr.com.Click to see the original works with their full license. And there are few if any comparable cases to support the notion that language death is reversible. well-being of 'his neanderthal attitude towards women' (a, th l). (n1) (ng b, t tin): a member of your family who lived a long time ago sphere (n) (sfi) (hnh cu) -> spherical (a) ('sferikl) (thuc hnh cu): having the shape of a sphere. fossil (a) ('fsl) (ha thch). Several semispeakers - people who had become unwilling to speak Ainu because of the negative attitudes by Japanese speakers - were prompted to become active speakers again. archaeologist (,:ki'ldist) (n) (nh kho c) Of these, about half are going to die out in the course of the next century: thats 3,000 languages in 1,200 months. Unfortunately, we are not in a position to take any legal action against those trying. For, example, number processing (how many lions are we up against? It turns out, however, that there is no such definite countor at least, no such count that has any status as a scientific finding ofmodern linguistics. First words there are over 6 000 different languages - Course Hero Idle can also mean having no value or purpose: idle rumors are rumors that people make up when they're bored but have no grounding in fact. 'They then compared the relative strength of those bones to samples from a range of other primate species.' Such a recent origin for language seems at first rather silly. This is only the beginning, though. 'She had a great faculty for absorbing information'. (by chim di tr): when birds or animals travel regularly from one part of the world to another. Needless to say = this is to be totally expected (literal) (iu ny tt yu phi xy ra, to be V3). a globe doesn't have to be a spherical (hnh cu) representation of our planet; it can be anything shaped like one like a soccer ball or a gumball. 'She was freed from prison last week'. ), NAVIGATION (time to fly south for the winter), or social relations (we need teamwork to build this SHELTER). b) They find each other's speech unintelligible. chimpanzee (,timpn'zi:) (tinh tinh): intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests. Can I get an explanation for the questions from 28-32? According to the best estimates, there are some 6,000 languages in the world. Saving language should be the major concern of any small community whose language is under threat. mutate (v) (mju:'teit) (t bin) IELTS is an English language test for study, migration or work. Over three million people take our test every year. IELTS is accepted by more than 10,000 employers, universities, schools and immigration bodies around the world. Learn more about the test Who accepts IELTS scores.
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