Solution for: CBT GT Reading Test 15: Art Gallery

ART GALLERY

The Art Gallery's mission is to bring diverse forms of art and craft to the people of this city.

New Year festivities: a multimedia exhibition from the four corners of the earth on show in the Hanson Theatre, Level 2, Main Building.
Free.
Opens January 1, closes March 20.

The art of the early West: American art of the westward expansion is on show in the South Gallery, Level 3.
$15 adults, $5.00 for members, $4.50 for students.
Opens March 13, closes June 30.

Greek Olympic sculpture: a historical exhibit of work by ancient artists is in the North Gallery.
$10 adults, $8.00 for members, $6.00 for students.
Opens July 1, closes August 7.

Developmental art: work by gifted local school children on show in the East Gallery.
$2.00. Donations may be left in the box at the exit, and will be gratefully received.
Opens July 25, closes September 30.

Headsets are available for the Greek Olympic Sculpture only. A fee of $6.00 per adult, $5.00 for members and $4.50 for students will be charged.

Motorists' Association Service Directory

Call our main number 9292 9222 then call these extensions:

Advice to motorists

A. Always lock your car and never leave your keys in the car. Sounds obvious, but how often have you left your car unlocked while you paid for fuel at a service station or dashed into a shop? A recently-passed law will ensure that you never forget again - heavy penalties apply.

B. Always lock valuables in the boot. Most car crime is opportunistic, so don't make it easy. And if something is too valuable to lose, the golden rule is take it with you.

C. Thieves need little incentive. A lot of thefts from cars are carried out by youngsters after nothing more than a few dollars, so don't leave coin-holders if they can be seen from outside. The cost of repairs often far outweighs the value of what is stolen.

D. At night, always try to park in a brightly-lit area where your vehicle can be seen by passers-by. Poorly-lit streets are the thief's favourite hunting ground.

E. Never park where you can see broken glass from car windows on the ground. Thieves are creatures of habit and will return to the scene of past successes.

F. Install a car alarm.

G. Where available, use car parks that are well lit and have boom gates. Don't leave your parking ticket in the car.

H. In high-risk areas leave your glove box and ashtray open to show thieves that there is nothing in the car worth stealing.

I. Don't buy goods offered for sale if the price seems suspiciously low. Chances are the goods have been stolen.

HOW TO USE THE LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTRE (LRC)

General LRC rules

• 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 with your teacher as part of a lesson. If you use it as a self-access student you must scan your borrower barcode 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

A photocopier is available. Please ask 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 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: 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. 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 REP in green may be removed by staff only.

Renewals

Most items can be renewed once. IELTS materials cannot be renewed.

International Business Institute - Buddy Peer Support Scheme

The International Business Institute plans to set up a buddy peer support scheme to help new students meet current students who can provide friendly company during their first months in Newcastle and help with small problems. Buddies may not always be able to solve a problem, but they may know who can help.

What's in it for you?

Being a buddy is expected to be personally satisfying. It may help you make contacts valuable in future academic and professional life. Overseas students also get another opportunity to practise speaking English. The organisers also hope it will be enjoyable.

Responsibilities of buddies

1. Telephone and arrange to make contact with the new student.
2. Meet the student, show him or her around the campus and local area, and answer questions about living in Newcastle and administration procedures.
3. Arrange one morning or afternoon one weekend early in the semester to show the student places you enjoy in Newcastle.
4. Be prepared to take phone calls and answer further questions; meet in person to explain information if required.
5. You will be matched to an individual new student, but buddies may form a support group and meet the new students as a group rather than one-on-one.
6. Being a buddy is voluntary. There is no requirement to provide assistance beyond the help outlined above, but a buddy is expected to fulfil the role conscientiously and cheerfully.
7. Your commitment covers the particular term only. There is no obligation to continue in the following term.

How Babies Learn Language

During the first year of a child's life, parents and carers are concerned with its physical development; during the second year, they watch the baby's language development very carefully. It is interesting just how easily children learn language. Children who are just three or four years old, who cannot yet tie their shoelaces, are able to speak in full sentences without any specific language training.

The current view of child language development is that it is an instinct - something as natural as eating or sleeping. According to experts in this area, this language instinct is innate - something each of us is born with. But this prevailing view has not always enjoyed widespread acceptance.

In the middle of last century, experts of the time, including a renowned professor at Harvard University in the United States, regarded child language development as the process of learning through mere repetition. Language "habits" developed as young children were rewarded for repeating language correctly and ignored or punished when they used incorrect forms of language. Over time, a child, according to this theory, would learn language much like a dog might learn to behave properly through training.

Yet even though the modern view holds that language is instinctive, experts like Assistant Professor Lise Eliot are convinced that the interaction a child has with its parents and caregivers is crucial to its development. The language of the parents and caregivers act as models for the developing child. A baby's day-to-day experience is so important that the child will learn to speak in a manner very similar to the model speakers it hears.

Given that the models parents provide are so important, it is interesting to consider the role of "baby talk" in the child's language development. Baby talk is the language produced by an adult speaker who is trying to exaggerate certain aspects of the language to capture the attention of a young baby.

Dr Roberta Golinkoff believes that babies benefit from baby talk. Experiments show that immediately after birth babies respond more to infant-directed talk than to adult-directed talk. When using baby talk, people exaggerate their facial expressions, which helps the baby begin to understand what is being communicated. The exaggerated nature and repetition of baby talk also helps infants learn the difference between sounds. Although there is concern that baby talk may persist too long, Dr Golinkoff says that it stops being used as the child gets older and becomes better able to communicate with parents.

Professor Jusczyk has made a particular study of babies' ability to recognise sounds and says they recognise the sound of their own names as early as four and a half months. Babies know the meaning of Mummy and Daddy by about six months, which is earlier than was previously believed. By about nine months, babies begin recognising frequent patterns in language.

An experiment at Johns Hopkins University involved 16 nine-month-olds whose homes were visited over ten days in a two-week period. During each visit a researcher played an audio tape containing the same three stories with unusual words such as "python" or "hornbill". Later, the babies listened longer to words that had appeared in the stories than to similar words that had not, showing that they had extracted individual sound patterns from the stories.

This does not mean that babies actually understand the meanings of the words, just the sound patterns. It supports the idea that people are born to speak and have the capacity to learn language from the day they are born. This ability is enhanced if they are involved in conversation. Dr Eliot reminds parents that babies and toddlers need to feel they are communicating; sitting in front of the television is not enough - the baby must be having an interaction with another speaker.