Best mark:(* student has lived some time in English speaking country)

clear description/fluent language and good use of vocabulary/ gives arguments to support evaluation/has answered the task/some grammar/punctuation mistakes.

I have chosen the Coca Cola world wide web page because I wanted to talk not only about a subject everyone would already have heard about, but also because Coca Cola ads are generally very good and creative, so I thought the company's site might also be. The address of this web page is http://www.cocacola.com/gateway.html. This page allows us to access the Coca Cola site by means of different links. The company's site informs us about anything that has to do with the Coca Cola company.

The background is in two different shades of red. Our attention is immediately drawn to the Coca Cola traditional picture, which is a bottle containing coke (the brown colour of the liquid inside the bottle). The bottle is slightly tilted to the left and has either just been opened or the coke inside is bursting out, causing drops and bubbles to fly out. We assume the bottle is made out of glass, because there are a few reflections of green on it.

However, the entire bottle does not appear because it is cut off by a long horizontal strand extending itself to approximatively the middle of the page. Five separate and different pictures, moving from left to right one after the other and side by side, compose the strand. Each picture disappears at its turn arriving at the end of the strand, and then reappears where the strand begins. Three of these pictures are links, and different messages appear in little white font if you keep the cursor over them.

The first one is probably computer made, because it is a drawing of the Coca Cola mascott, the polar bear giving coke to his two cubs on either side of him. The picture's message is: "Bringing it home", which probably means parents must bring coke home to their children because coke is for the whole family.

I can't really figure out what the second picture represents, but I believe it is a hand holding up an electronic device. Its message is: "It's your show" and has something to do with Blockbuster awards.

The third picture shows Lance Armstrong smiling and standing on the left, wearing a black cap frontwards and a white T-shirt. On his left you see the shadow of a person carrying the olympic flame. The message says: "Help carry the olympic flame to Salt Lake", because it is actually a link that allows you to nominate the most inspiring person to be a torch bearer in the Salt Lake city 2002 Olympic torch relay of which Coca Cola is a "proud presenter".

There are other links on this page located to the right of the Coca Cola glass bottle situated on the left of the page. These links are written in very little bright red letters, which are visible because the background on that particular part of the page is of a darker shade of red. There are actually four links written one under the other, which become of a lighter yellow or beige when you roll your cursor over them. They read: "about the company", "the investor relations", "the latest news about Coke"and "the Coca-Cola store". Also written in even smaller letters at the bottom left of the page, side by side, are two hardly-distinguishable links: "Private Policy"and "Copyright 1900 the Coca-Cola Company". By clicking on either one of these six links you can obtain specific information about those particular topics.

There is also an animation on this page. In fact if you keep your cursor still on the red background, some brown bubbles shoot out.

You have the possibility to download the Coca-Cola Screen Saver by clicking on the Coke bottle cap.

There is really no text whatsoever on this page, beside the little six links. On the other hand, by clicking on those links you are completely informed about how the Company works. The only information that could be used by just about everyone is the information regarding the Olympics or the Blockbuster awards, because the rest of the information the site offers is more of a business interest than personal interest. This site appears to be for adults due to its information. The front page, however, could easily appeal to children since there are drawings, animations and also the drawing of the polar bear family. I also think this page shouldn't attract one specific age group since everybody drinks coke.

I personally believe that coke being a beverage for all ages, there could be more information, links or even contests appealing for children. Having been created for advertising reasons, this site probably would have been more effective if it had been also attractive to children and teenagers.

However, I find this page very creative and original. Everything on it is on the left half of the page, which definitely changes form most pages which are centered. It is a simple page that does not take too much space but which introduces and gives a good idea about what you will be able to find on the entire site. Having used red as the dominating colour was a very smart choice since red has in fact been Coca Cola's traditional colour throughout the ages.

In conclusion, this page is very interesting. It is probably not very appropriate for me, unless I wanted to do some research on the company. This page is certainly aesthetic but I do not think I would really recommend it to someone.

By Anne Sophie D. [back to the top] [back to previous page] [back to index]

Good (regular student): good use of new vocabulary, some organization and linking, grammar, punctuation and structure mistakes do not impede understanding, evaluation done. Problem: spoken register of language, one sentence paragraphs.

www. santorographics.com. This web site is a way to sell products of Santoro graphics, which are school things for girls, like notebooks, pencil cases, etc.

When you enter the site, the first time , the first impression you have is...how purple it is! (that's the colour of the background). Well, the focus of the site is a strange square (purple, of course) with a title at the top: Santorographics online. In this square, there are four little squares, like mini TV screens in columns, one below the other, and for each one, there is a title and a little explanation about what it is (Atomics babe, Bang on the door, Flux deluxe and Bang on the door again).

In the right corner, at the top, there is a link for the latest news, then, below it, there are three yellow buttons with "frequently asked questions", "e-mail us"and "go to Santoro shopping", one below the other. In the left corner, at the bottom, there is a Santorographics link, then, below the big strange square there are many links written one next to the other.

On the right of this weird picture, there is a "send"greeting link that blinks. Below it, there's another little TV with a girl drawn on it. Below that, there are the same names (Atomic babes, etc...) then a little text just below - and if you look just below once more, you'll see a "win me"link which changes: sometimes it's a bird, at other times it's the sentence "win me".

Finally, at the top of all that, there is a banner which connects us to the e-greetings page.

This site was made in order to sell Santorographics products so it's a commercial site, I guess.

I like this site very much because it's cute and it's an original way to sell things because they have all the context like the Groovy Chick's bedroom or the Atomic babe agenda. Without forget that the visualisation is clear and easy to understand and visit. On top of that, the products are nice and well-designed. But my personal objective isn't buing anything because it's too expensive and I don't trust shopping online.

By M. Teresa P. [back to the top] [back to previous page] [back to index]

Average Mark - Good use of prepositions and computer jargon but sentences lack linking and organization, the evaluation is neither developed nor supported by analysis or strong arguments - grammar, structure and spelling mistakes.

This page was found on the site www.humortadela.com.br. There are many things to see on it.

The big and principal title is Humortadela. It's written in red. On this page there are many different colours that were used. On the left, there is a column talking about the principal things that there are on the site. The column is all painted in blue.

The title Humortadela is in the middle of the page, at the top. Under it, at the bottom there is a very coloured wedicolumn. It has three different bars.

On the first one we can see the news of the day and just to the left and to the right, new jokes.

On the second bar we can find some games like the most stupid words, just on the left. On the right, there is a proposition for those who want to receive jokes by e-mail.

On the third bar, just on the left, there are more jokes but of a different kind and on the left some cartoons.

On the fourth bar there are even more jokes, tests, sex and stupid questions.

At the top of the page, there is a pull down menu, showing the things we can visit on the site. Next to it, there are many little drawings and a big drawing of a red potatoe trying to say something by gestures.

The colours that are mostly used are green (for the bars), red for the title, the potato and the bars and blue for the principal introduction close to the pull down menu. There are also some movements on the bar.

This site really does what it should be doing - it's title already talks about humour as the composition says. This site does not have much information I can use but it's very funny and animated so I really recommend visiting it.

By Melanie S [back to the top] [back to previous page] [back to index]

Below average: very few new words given in class were used, unconnected sentences, wrong prepositions,punctuation,one sentence paragraphs, spelling and grammar mistakes - no valid evaluation or supporting arguments. The student has not followed the instructions.

www.clubmed.com

what we have here is a web page of club med, a group of "villages"for holidays.

This page is international so you can choose the country you wan't.

I have chose the USA.

On the top, there are 2 picture of villages: they appear to be for adults, people who can book and pay.

we can also see a picture of the boat of club med for the competition of "the race".

This picture appear to be for anyone who like sailing (catamaran) and who is interested in the competition.

The information represented on this page is the informations about de villages, about history of club med and about the competition.

the pictures are in moviment, the boat moves and villages change every second to show all the villages.

There are 7 sections on this page: a section to design your ideal holidays, a section to learn about the history of club med, a section to renovation, a section about the competition, a section with financial information and a sections for check mail.

we can observe predominants colours like white, blue and orange so the page gives an happy impression.

The font style is always times no roman (not very original) but there is a variation of colours.

I have chosen this page because I love sailing, I love holidays and because I have an imbox for checking mail on this page.

Also because I have made a lot of friends at club med.

 

by Camille D.

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