W1. WHAT’S A REVIEW?

NAME: Samuel Mauricio Dueñas Muñoz

ID: 0000299626

ACTIVITY 1: Read the Review again and answer the questions.

a. What is the purpose of the website?

Answer: the purpose of canva is to create ready-made designs for different types of
creative projects.
b. Why does the writer like the website?
Answer: Because it is modern, minimalist and formal at the same time with its styles.
c. What is one problem with the site?
Answer: content is often not saved correctly and is lost.
d. What is the writer's conclusion about the site?
Answer: it is a very good tool to create resumes but not for that reason all people have
to like it because it is very specific and to give a good review, it has to be used a lot.

A review on Canva
One of the best websites to create a digital CV is Canva. It is a fantastic design tool
to make social media visuals, presentations, posters, and CVs because it's free and
simple to use.
One thing I really like about Canva is that it has a great variety of templates. You
can select from various categories like modern, minimalist, and corporate styles.
The best thing is that you only need to copy your text into the template to get
started. Also, you can upload your own images and change the colors and fonts to
give your CV your own personal touch. It is the perfect tool for design lovers.
However, one big disadvantage of Canva is that its templates usually leave
important information out. This happens because Canva CVs only have one page,
which is not enough space to present all your information about experience and
education.
In general, it is a useful site to create your CV when you are good at summarizing,
but not for those people that like to show specific details or long lists of experience.

ACTIVITY 2: Read the Review again and highlight with colors any useful phrases in the text that:

a. give positive opinions.

b. give negative opinions.
c. sum up the writers’ opinion.
ACTIVITY 3: Match these phrases to the usages. See the examples.

One of my favorite__ is... It is defined as… One big disadvantage is that...

To give positive To introduce a To give negative To sum up the writer’s

opinions description opinions opinion.
One of my favorite__ It is defined as… One big In my opinion,
is... There is also... disadvantage is On the whole, ...
Another good point that... To sum up, ...
about ___ is... The only problem In general, ...
It is perfect for… is that...
First, it is... Another bad point
One thing I really like is that...
is that... A downsize of
The ___ has quite a ___ is that…
few good features... One concern
A positive about ___ is …
characteristic is that… The drawbacks of
It is a fantastic ___ ___ are …
for…. It´s annoying
It has… when...