Unit 12.WEBSITES

1. What features make a good website?

Make a list of the key features you look for.

Then compare your list with others in your group.

2. Study these seven points for evaluating websites. What questions would you ask to evaluate a website on each point?

1 Design.

2 Navigation.

3 Ease of use.

4 Accuracy.

5 Up to date.

6 Helpful graphics.

7 Compatibility.

3. Study this extract from a text. Decide:

1 What special expertise does the author have in this field?

2 Who are the intended readers?

3 What is the author's purpose?

Title:	Help Web-farers find their way.
Source:	Windows Magazine, E-Business section
Subtitle:	Here are nine ways to make it easy for visitors to navigate your website.
Author information:	Matt Micklewicz offers advice and useful links for Webmasters at his Webmaster Resources site (www.webmaster-resources.com).
First paragraph: Your website may be chock full of information about your company and its products, but if visitors to the site can't easily find their way around its pages they may never return. Besides content, the most important aspect of a website is its navigation scheme. Unfortunately, that may also be the most commonly neglected design consideration. These nine site-design pointers will help you build an effective navigation system.

4. Refresh the meaning of the following words and phrases:

Base, image, click, effective, navigation, examine, structure, website design, content, visit larger sites, visitor, option, location, menu, author, resource, scheme, navigation scheme, recommend, logical, search function, version, idea, text browsers, site map, E-business section, click on graphical buttons, a style of browsing, outline form, helpful graphics, search engine.

5. Learn the meaning of the following words and phrases:

Contain– содержать; Include– включать; Digest– делать обзор; Keep up to date– поддерживать на современном уровне; Serve a purpose – служить цели; Access – доступ; Provide a clear route– обеспечить понятный маршрут; List– перечислять; Avoid– избегать; Make adjustments– вносить поправки; Create– создавать; Support– поддерживать; Restrict– ограничивать; Forego– предшествовать;

Count– зд. иметь значение; Accurate– точный; Reliable– надежный; Useful– полезный; Dull– скучный, неинтересный; Well-designed– хорошо спроектированный; Confusing– сбивающий с толку, непонятный; Troubleshooting– поиск и исправление ошибок; Descriptive– описательный; Likely– вероятный; Irrelevant– не имеющий отношение к чему-то; FAQ– часто задаваемые вопросы.