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     Hello Readers!        I mentioned before in my first blog post that I wanted to become an ESL teacher. To achieve this, in addition to majoring in English and Spanish, I am currently working towards an Applied Language Studies (Linguistics) certification Normally, when I get asked what I am going to school for, and I answer the way I explained above, I get a variety of responses. Maybe they do not know exactly what Linguistics is, or what ESL stands for. So, I am going to break all of this down and explain exactly what I am talking about. What, exactly, is Linguistics?      Linguistics is broadly defined as " The study of Languages". When I tell others that I want to be a Linguist, a lot of them ask about the other languages I speak. Although I am studying Spanish, I do not want to limit Linguists to only studying other languages, as there are many more components. For starters, Linguistics deals with phonetics, syntax, and other fe...

     Hello Readers!   WELCOME to my Blog, DESKTOP DIARIES !  Allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Kanya Edmonds and I am from Virginia Beach, VA. I was born and raised here, and I love living in the "country" here in VA , as my family members in Washington D.C.  may refer to it, much to the opposition of myself and I'm sure other Virginians, although... they may have a point. Currently, I attend Old Dominion University, and have just finished my first ever year in college this past month. I am double majoring in English and Spanish with a concentration in teacher preparation. You may be wondering: "Why, Kanya , are you majoring in two different language fields?" The answer is because I want to become an English teacher, specifically, an ESL teacher. I will go into more detail about that later. For now, though, I want to talk about this blog and why it exists! Why "Desktop Diaries" was created     I created this blog as an assignment f...