Do people rely too much on navigation apps?
A strong Part 3 answer takes a position in the first clause, supports it with one reason and one concrete case, and then names where it stops being true. Around a minute.
The question, as the examiner gives it
Do people rely too much on navigation apps?
no preparation, about 1 minute to speak
A band 7 to 8 answer
About 124 words at a natural pace — roughly what 60 seconds holds.
Answer it yourself first
Record your own answer first. A model you have read three times comes out with a flattened rhythm, and examiners are trained to hear exactly that. Read it afterwards for the vocabulary and the shape, not to memorise the sentences.I use one constantly in a city I have lived in my whole life, which probably answers the question. What has been lost is not really the ability to navigate, it is the mental map. When you follow instructions you never build the picture of how places connect, so you can drive somewhere forty times and still not know which direction it is from your house. I find that mildly unsettling. Whether it matters is harder. Nobody laments losing the ability to shoe a horse. What is different here is that the map in your head is doing more than navigation. It is how you understand where you live, and I suspect a city you cannot picture is one you belong to slightly less.
The words that earn marks
Each one links to how it is pronounced.
- constantly
adverb of frequency doing real work
- navigate
three syllables with the stress on the first
- mental
the key adjective in mental map
- unsettling
three syllables with the stress on the second
- laments
a formal verb used lightly, stressed on the second
- picture
used as a verb, which lifts the register
- belong
the verb that carries the closing claim
How a strong answer is built
- 1Answer with a personal admission.
- 2Say precisely what is lost.
- 3Test whether it matters, using a counter-example.
- 4Explain why this case is different.
Sounds to watch
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Straight answers
How long should my answer to “Do people rely too much on navigation apps?” be?
About 60 seconds. Long enough for the answer plus a reason or an example, short enough that the examiner can get through the rest of the set.
Should I memorise the model answer?
No. Record your own version first, then read the model for the shape and the vocabulary. A memorised answer changes rhythm and pace noticeably, and examiners are trained to hear it — it usually costs more than the better wording gains.
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