Read the passage below and write the answers to the questions which follow in boxes 16-28 on your answer sheet.
HOW TO USE THE LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTRE (LRC) General LRC rules We have a number of simple rules to help you use the LRC. Please cooperate and enjoy your visit with us. • No eating or drinking • No copying of audio cassettes Please work quietly. This is a library and many students are studying for exams. Using the LRC • You can use the LRC either on your own during self-access times or you may use it with your teacher as part of a lesson. • If you use it as a self-access student you must scan your borrower barcode (issued by the library staff) when entering and leaving. The LRC is for use by Language Centre students only. • All bags must be put in the bag-rack. • Always work quietly. Photocopying We have a photocopier available. Please ask the library staff to help you. The cost is 20c for one A4 sheet. Borrowing from the LRC Language Centre students are permitted to borrow materials from the library. Other schools’ students must use the facilities at their own schools. Full-time students: Give your photo-ID card to the librarian and you will get an LRC number. Part-time students: You will need to bring your $50.00 deposit receipt from the cashier. When your course finishes, bring your library card back and your deposit will be refunded in cash. Loans Language students can borrow up to 4 items (of which no more than 2 can be kits) at one time. Kits are bags containing book(s) plus cassette(s). All teacher trainee students may borrow up to 3 items: • IELTS materials 1 week • Listening kits 1 week • Most other books 2 weeks Books marked REF in red are reference books and cannot be taken out of the library. Books marked REF in green may be removed by staff only. Renewals Most items can be renewed once. IELTS materials cannot be renewed. |
Questions 21-28
Read the passage below about the Buddy Peer Support Scheme, and answer the questions that follow.
International Business Institute – Buddy Peer Support Scheme
Think back to your first days and weeks in a new country. Were there times when you had questions that you wished you could ask a friend? Or when you wanted to have a chat about how you were feeling?
To help new students, the International Business Institute (IBI) plans to set up a buddy peer support scheme. The scheme will help new students meet current students at IBI who can provide them with some friendly company during their first months in Newcastle and help them with any small problems that they may have. Often, buddies may not be able to solve the problem, but they may know who can help.
What’s in it for you?
We believe that being a buddy will be rewarding in several ways. As a volunteer, it will be personally satisfying to know that you are able to help new students. However, it will also help you to make contacts that may be valuable in your future academic and professional lives. If you are an overseas student, it will give you another opportunity to practise speaking English. Lastly and most importantly, we hope that it will be enjoyable for you to be a buddy!
Responsibilities of buddies
Please note that if you agree to become a peer support buddy, you will be expected to fulfil your role conscientiously and cheerfully. It will be important to be considerate and reliable so that our student can feel confident of your support.
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