Aaron Hayag

• DOB: 02/13/1995
• Place of Birth: Philippines

• Languages:

  • Filipino, English
  • Took 3 years of Spanish
  • Currently taking Korean.
• Random Facts: Was heavily exposed to Chinese and Japanese culture through media and other outlets (music, television, relatives, etc.)
  • Loves going to concerts (favorite bands: 소녀 시대 (SNSD) and Infinite

I am a freshman attending San Diego State University. I am currently undeclared but I have a strong interest in World History and Anthropology.  I would love to travel all around the world to see the famous landmarks of history, experience other cultures first hand, and most importantly communicate with people from different places through language. That being said, my curiosity and interest in foreign languages, has prompted me to take Linguistics 101 to get a closer glimpse at the structure of language. I have familiarized myself with the basic morphological types of languages. Synthetic Languages: Tagalog and Korean (Agglutinating); Spanish (Fusional) and Isolating Languages: Mandarin Chinese! As well as English, which does not really fit into any specific category.

Angela Almeida

• DOB: 02/04/1996
• Place of Birth: San Diego

• Languages:

  • English & Spanish
    • Spoken both equally throughout my life
    • Took 3 years of Spanish in high school
    • Passed the AP test
• Hobbies: Reading, writing, going to concerts, mindlessly scrolling through social sites. Whoops!

I have always been a writer. Making up stories and reading books prompted my love for English. Although I have always considered classroom english to be relatively easy, linguistics is more of a struggle. It’s always something new to learn everytime I’m in the room. Thus far, I am pretty good at phrase structure trees as well as phonetic sounds in the standard English language. By already being bilingual this helps plenty because I already knew things that didn’t have a name for them up until now. Hopefully by the end of this course, I will have gotten a better grip at linguistics and what it is about.

Alonzo Garcia

• DOB: 07/20/1995
• Place of Birth: Chula Vista, CA

• Languages:

  • English, Spanish, Italian
    • Took and passed AP Eng. Lang. and Eng. Lit., AP Spanish Lang. and Spanish Lit., and AP Italian
    • Planning to learn French, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese within the next five years.
• Hobbies: Languages, Wrestling, Playing/Listening to Music, Reading

Languages have always been a passion of mine because I feel they are a bridge between cultures and unify the world. Currently I speak three languages which include English, Spanish, and Italian. A strength in linguistics I’ve obtained through speaking Spanish and Italian is the understanding of lexical and structural ambiguity. In the languages of Spanish and Italian there are a large quantity of terms and sentences with multiple meanings and for that reason ambiguity is a strength of mine.

Aleena Nawabi

• DOB: 05/20/1983
• Place of Birth: Afghanistan
• Languages: Farsi, Dari, Arabic, Urdue, English, Pushto
• Hobbies/Fun facts: I love running, Cooking, Singing, teaching, learning, and SYNTAX!

Because I was adopted, my  first language is Spanish but because I did not practice it, I have forgotten most of the language. My second language was English and the rest of the Languages I acquired was in my mid-teens. Next semester I will be learning Turkish because I am planning to teach abroad in Turkey.

Tian’ao Wang

• DOB: 08/11/1995
• Place of Birth: China

• Languages:

  • Mandarin Chinese, English, some Cantonsese
• Hobbies/Fun facts: Swimming, watching movies, singing,playing computer games.

I was born in China and was exposed in Mandarin Chinese all the time, so my first language is that. My second language is English, I have studied English since I was in primary school. As for the Cantonese , that’s my favorite language, I have practiced it for three years.

Cheyanne Tarango

• DOB: 05/19/1996
• Place of Birth: Fillmore, CA

• Languages:

  • spoke English growing up
  • was exposed to Spanish during childhood
  • Took two years of Spanish in high school
  • currently taking another Spanish class.
  • Hobbies/Fun facts:  I love Netflix, food, music, and sleep.  I enjoy spending time with my family and also going to concerts.

I am a freshman at San Diego State University. I’m currently undeclared but I have a developing interest in Construction Engineering. After I finish school, I wish to travel to countries on the other side of the world to experience the different cultures and see the way they live. It would be a lot harder to do so without learning a few things about language first, things that are taught in Linguistics.   Linguistics 101 has helped me understand some of the basic rules of syntax and semantics in other languages, like some of the rules for Spanish language. I’d say that my strengths in Linguistics are determining what part of grammar words in a sentence are and how they are paired in a syntax tree. Another strength I have is working with morphemes.

Dingming Liu

• DOB: 04/29/1995
• Place of Birth: China

• Languages:

  • spoke Chinese growing up
• Hobbies/Fun facts: sports ,music, movies, travelling, cars

Took fours years of English from high school  till now and I am currently studying Introduction to Spanish class.

Despite their differences, 7 linguists from around the world have come together to share their knowledge with each other! NO LANGUAGE BARRIERS CAN STOP US!