Assignment 1

My expectations for this course are the following:

1) to improve my veterinary medicine vocabulary as it is essential in my studies;
2) to review some basic English grammar;
3) to gain new knowledge of veterinary medicine through the PPs and articles;
4) to restore the capability to speak fluently.

Gertu Soldan

My expections for the course are:
1. to improve my English
2. to enlarge my veterinary vocabulary
3. to gain more knowledge
4. to become more familiar with studing in a language other than Estonian

Heigo Hausenberg

Our expectations: 1) we expect this English course to be fun 2) to gain new knowledge 3) to enrich our vocabulary 4) to have good marks and no debts

Our expectations

• New vocabulary from articles, so we can read and understand scientific literature in the futuure.
• New knowledge about veterinary medicine from reading scientific articles.
• Public speaking experience by doing presentations, to gain better self-expression and confidence
• Refresh our knowledge on grammar skills (tenses, active/passive, writing reports etc) so we can write our own schoolwork and articles in the future.

Our expectations:

• more groups works
• learn more specific terms
• more communication
• read more veterinary journals

Grete Vask, Liina Kerme

Our expectations for the course:

1.We would like to gain a decent vocabulary – to be able to read scientific articles, participate in conferences etc.

2. Gain veterinary knowledge through hearing different presentations – to get smarter by the easiest way.

3.We would like the course to be with less assignments and deadlines – we thought that if we have contact lessons every week then we would have less assignments to do at home – unfortunately it isn’t so. The purpose would be to have more time for each assignment.

4.Learn to summarize and pick out the most important information from articles – a good and very neccessary skill in out further life and career.

Liis Maisla, Kertu Brutus, Dagni-Alice Viidu

Our expectations

1. We expect to learn to use English to communicate better with each other.
2. We expect to learn specific terms to study/do research in the future.
3. We expect to improve our grammar skills.
4. We expect to learn how to use Internet journals to find information more efficiently.
5. We expect to learn how to write academic texts. 
   
   
   Piret Metsamäe, Jenni Varjonmaa, Marie Münster, Roosa Hentunen

Our expectations for spring 2012:

1. 1.      Expand our specific vocabulary
2. 2.      To improve our grammar skills
3. 3.      To get new knowledge by reading and summarising different articles and other sources.
4. 4.      From our lecturer we expect to get some tips to easily find informative and trustworthy  journals, webpages ( like grammar materials) and dictionaries.
5. 5.      To get skills to be critical and evaluate information.

What do we expect from this course?

1.       Improving in formal writing – it is very important knowing how to write grammatically correct formal papers.

2.       Finding the most important information from the articles and knowing how to analyze it.

3.       Knowing how to find specialized  literature.

4.       Broaden our horizon – reading new literature will give us new knowledge about new developments in veterinary medicine

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Our expectations for spring 2012:

Our expectations for spring 2012:

• To learn and improve my knowledge on specific veterinary medicine language;
• Improve academic writing and reading skills for future international work/studying;
• Learn more how and where to find more information and specific materials for our studies and later on for work;
• To get more confidence and experience in making presentations.
  

Our expectations:
•    overall improve English
•    using and understanding new scientific studies
•    improve specific knowledge
•    improve academic writing and reading

Our expectations:

-          To get used to reading difficult and specific scientific texts and articles

-          To learn new vocabulary

-          To improve communication skills

-          To get new knowlegde for our career