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title: "Oh my English! Teacher’s awful marking of English paper leaves netizens dumbfounded"
url: https://weirdkaya.com/oh-my-english-awful-marking-netizens-dumbfounded/
date: 2022-02-24
modified: 2022-02-24
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author: "Cheyenne Lye"
description: "Recently, a teacher's bizarre marking of an English exercise book has gone viral on Twitter and left netizens at a loss for words over the declining state of Malaysia's English..."
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# Oh my English! Teacher’s awful marking of English paper leaves netizens dumbfounded

Recently, a teacher's bizarre marking of an English exercise book has gone viral on Twitter and left netizens at a loss for words over the declining state of Malaysia's English standards.

https://twitter.com/AimanIAbdullah/status/1495384741323091970

In the tweet, [@AimanlAbdullah](https://twitter.com/AimanIAbdullah/status/1495384741323091970) wrote how it had exposed the terrifying truth of Malaysia's education system where English standards have continued to be in a freefall for years.

It has also sparked a fiery debate among netizens, who struggled to understand why such problems still persist and what was the reason for the debacle.

Netizen [@najib_ismail](https://twitter.com/najib_ismail/status/1495594238628986883) opined that the education system was to be blamed as unqualified teachers are often forced to teach due to shortages.

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-24-at-2.01.46-PM.jpeg)*Source via Twitter/*[@AimanIAbdullah](https://twitter.com/AimanIAbdullah)

> **Remember ya, some teachers don't have [a] background in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL). If you want to someone to blame, blame the system.**

However, some disagreed, saying that these were rookie mistakes and do not require a TESL qualification to mark the paper correctly.

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-24-at-1.59.24-PM-1.jpeg)*Source via Twitter/*[@AimanIAbdullah](https://twitter.com/AimanIAbdullah)

Another netizen believed that the blame should be on the Ministry of Education's shoulders, writing, **"MOE should be blamed for not hiring sufficient number of English teachers every year."**

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/WhatsApp-Image-2022-02-24-at-4.04.11-PM.jpeg)*Source via Twitter/*[@AimanIAbdullah](https://twitter.com/AimanIAbdullah)

*What do you think? Should teachers have proper qualifications to teach basic English? Let us know in the comments! *

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Cover image via [The Business Station](https://www.bfm.my/podcast/evening-edition/inside-story/the-malaysia-education-blueprint-part-1-where-are-we-now) and Twitter/@[AimanlAbdullah](https://twitter.com/AimanIAbdullah/status/1495384741323091970)