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

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 14 th – 18 th 2004. What is VELA?. Virtual English Language Adviser.

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

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  1. 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

  2. What is VELA? Virtual English Language Adviser

  3. 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 Why VELA ?

  4. Email Advising Asynchronous WEB Advice Non-interactive General VELA Immediate VELA Interactive User-specific Why VELA?

  5. 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

  6. Different Entry Points to VELA

  7. 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 VELA and the 6 Steps

  8. To find out more about VELA • http://www.hayo.nl/lapi/ • Try it out for yourself: VELA

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