This unit focused on assessing the systems of language using an integrative and communicative approach. Students were asked to select two online performance-based assessment tools to evaluate two of three language systems and describe how they work. This assignment helped relate language system assessment to using ICTs like websites. As future teachers, it is important to stay updated on new technologies, as current students are comfortable with technology. ICTs can boost second language learning, so teachers should make learning more engaging for students using these tools.

1. Reflection Unit Four
Gabriela Quezada Cabezas
This unit was related to the systems of the language and how to assess them based on an
integrative and communicative approach.
In this unit we were asked to select two different online performance-based assessment
instruments to assess any two of three systems of the language and describe how it works in
terms of the practice, variety of topic, amount of exercises, and feedback among others. Regarding
to this assignment, it can be mentioned that it was a relevant and useful assignment that allowed
as making a relation between the assessment of the systems of the language and the use of ICT’s
such as a webpage.
As teachers to-be, we have to be updated and in constant development of our training,
therefore to know about the new technologies is a fundamental issue to deal with. We have to
keep in mind that nowadays our students belong to the generation of technology; they grew up
with smartphones, computers, and the use of internet. Furthermore, ICT’s have demonstrated to
foster and enhance the learning of a second language, so it is our responsibility to make the
learning process more interesting, motivating and meaningful for the students.