Questions 31-40
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Digital media and the Welsh language
Facts about Welsh as a language
Behaviour of young Welsh speakers
Why the tech giants ignore Welsh
Concerns and actions of the Welsh government
• Money has been allocated to a language-technology fund for Welsh apps and digital tools.
• Welsh is still expected to survive as an official language of education and government.
The correct answer is 540000. The lecturer states that Welsh is spoken by around five hundred and forty thousand people, which is written numerically as 540000.
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the Welsh language, which is spoken by around five hundred and forty thousand people, most of whom live in Wales
The correct answer is vocabulary. The lecturer says the vocabulary of Welsh keeps increasing because speakers create or adapt Welsh words instead of simply borrowing foreign terms.
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the vocabulary of Welsh is continually increasing, because when speakers need a new word for something, they tend to create one or adapt one
The correct answer is blog. After giving the Welsh word for web browser, the lecturer gives the Welsh word for blog as another digital concept Welsh can express.
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Then there's a Welsh word for blog, which is itself a clever piece of borrowing, and so on.
The correct answer is tablets. The speaker says young people use smartphones and tablets all the time, and tablet sales among Welsh teenagers have soared.
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young people use them all the time to read books, watch TV or films, play games, listen to music and so on. In particular, sales of tablets among Welsh teenagers have soared in the last five years.
The correct answer is English. Researchers found that pupils are picking up English rhythms, slang and expressions from their devices.
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they pick up English rhythms, slang and expressions almost overnight from their devices.
The correct answer is corridors. The lecturer says conversations in Welsh secondary schools, especially in the corridors between classes, can be entirely in English.
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conversations in Welsh secondary schools, especially out in the corridors between classes, can be conducted entirely in English.
The correct answer is video. Teachers of younger children report that pupils find it easier to describe what is happening in a video using English rather than Welsh.
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their classes find it easier to say what is happening in a video using English rather than Welsh.
The correct answer is mutations. From a programmer's point of view, Welsh is difficult to support because its system of mutations is much more complex than in most languages.
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the system of mutations, which is significantly more complex than in most languages.
The correct answer is heritage. The lecturer asks whether young Welsh speakers may lose their sense of their own heritage as Welsh people.
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will young Welsh speakers lose their sense of their own heritage as Welsh people?
The correct answer is literate. The government worries that children learning two languages through different routes may not become fully literate in either one.
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If children are learning two languages through different routes, neither of which they are fully literate in, will they be able to express themselves properly in either tongue?
