Washback from the TOEIC 600 Target on the GC Department Curricula
‘Washback’ refers to the influence of testing on classroom instruction, and assumes that stakeholders, including teachers, learners and administrators ‘do things they would not necessarily otherwise do because of the test’ (Alderson & Wall, 1993, p. 5), both in and out of the classroom. The setting of a TOEIC score of 600 target for GC graduates has caused washback on