Katrina11
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- Jun 5, 2014
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- German
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- Germany
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- Germany
Hi there,
I'm in a bit of a predicament. I'm an English teacher myself and have been teaching for 20-odd years. Recently the following problem has emerged: a new teacher to the team insists that we shouldn't mark 'medias' (as in mass media etc) as a mistake when students write it in their papers. She actually teaches it. This is completely new to me but maybe usage has changed? I'm not a native but I lived and worked in Britain and Australia for many years, and I read and watch the news and lots of other things in English on a daily basis. I have not really come across 'medias' so far and it just strikes me as very odd. And even if some people do say and write 'medias', is it considered correct in an exam paper? I wonder whether other teachers around the world would mark it or not. We are preparing students for various exams, and they also have to write essays and letters, so I'm just concerned that we teach them something that's not accepted anywhere else...
Please tell me whether you'd consider it a mistake and would mark it in papers or not. Thank you very much.
I'm in a bit of a predicament. I'm an English teacher myself and have been teaching for 20-odd years. Recently the following problem has emerged: a new teacher to the team insists that we shouldn't mark 'medias' (as in mass media etc) as a mistake when students write it in their papers. She actually teaches it. This is completely new to me but maybe usage has changed? I'm not a native but I lived and worked in Britain and Australia for many years, and I read and watch the news and lots of other things in English on a daily basis. I have not really come across 'medias' so far and it just strikes me as very odd. And even if some people do say and write 'medias', is it considered correct in an exam paper? I wonder whether other teachers around the world would mark it or not. We are preparing students for various exams, and they also have to write essays and letters, so I'm just concerned that we teach them something that's not accepted anywhere else...
Please tell me whether you'd consider it a mistake and would mark it in papers or not. Thank you very much.
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