A Handson Session with VELA: A Virtual English Language Adviser

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A Hands-on Session with VELA A Virtual English
Language Adviser

• Sarah Toogood, Richard Pemberton, Susanna Ho
• Elza Tsang
• HKUST
• Language Centre
• Autonomy and Language Learning Maintaining
  Control
• June 14th 18th 2004

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What is VELA?

• Virtual English Language Adviser

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Why VELA ?

• Face-to-Face Advising
• Fixed time
• Fixed place
• Advice ephemeral
• Advisers inexpert
• Advice may have excessive force

• VELA
• Any time
• Any place
• Advice stored
• Omniscient
• Neutral

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Why VELA?

• Email Advising
• Asynchronous
• WEB Advice
• Non-interactive
• General

• VELA
• Immediate
• VELA
• Interactive
• User-specific

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Who is VELA for?

• Teachers, Advisers, and students working on SALL
  projects
• At Hong Kong universities, especially HKUST, City
  U, HKU, and Baptist U
• At overseas universities
• At secondary schools

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Different Entry Points to VELA
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VELA and the 6 Steps

• Problem
• Solutions

• 1. Identifying Skill and Interest
• 2. Stating the Problem
• 3. Clarifying the Cause of the Problem
• 4. Strategies (FTG)
• 5. Materials (FTG)
• 6. Plan

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To find out more about VELA

• http//www.hayo.nl/lapi/

• Try it out for yourself VELA