Dr. Lyn Neylon-Craft
Full Professor
Department(s):
Contact Info:
Email: lyn.neylon@gcccd.edu
Phone: 619-660-4241
Fax: 619-660-4399
Office: B-355
Student Hours: Fall 2024 Mondays - Thursday 1:35 - 2:50.
During this time, I will be in my office and available for in person appointments or on the computer and should be able to return calls and emails rapidly. **Please note that while CANVAS and email are available everyday, I need to eat, sleep and be with my family :) In general, I am not available on the weekends. Emails and phone calls received during the week, I will try to get back to you within 48 hours; much sooner if possible, but please be patient.
Course(s):
On Campus ESL 2 Accelerated Composition for ESL
ESL 2 Section: 0804
Course Links:
Course Notes:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00-12:05pm Room B-164
I highly recommend that you also take the support class, ESL 2S [section 3682] - it is offered right after the writing class
ESL 2. Students are often much more successful because they took both classes together.
Text: Carol Dweck's Mindset: The new Psychology of Success
- ISBN: 978-0-345-47232-8
If you want to get a head start, purchase the book and read Chapter 1.
Classroom strategies:
We will read the book, talk about what we read in class to make sure everyone understands, and write our essays paragraph by paragraph [reviewing everything along the way]. I will provide lots of help via lectures, activities, and you can always ask questions in class or email me questions :) Online and on campus tutoring is also available.
During the semester, we will write three 5 paragraph essays - the last one including research. We will also have 3 in class essay exams.
Your participation is super important in class, and I look forward to getting to know you in person.
Full class information and syllabus in CANVAS Container.
On Campus ESL 2S - Support for ESL Accelerated Composition
ESL 2S Section 0804
Course Links:
Course Notes:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:15 - 1:35pm Room TBD
I highly recommend that you also take the writing course ESL 2 for this level. The support class is specifically designed to improve the essays you create in the writing classes to help you get a better grade. I am teaching ESL 2 [section 0804] on campus Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00-12:05 in B164.
Text: Carol Dweck's Mindset: The new Psychology of Success
- ISBN: 978-0-345-47232-8
If you want to get a head start, purchase the book and read Chapter 1.
Although the class is online, we have the same strategies as we do in the classroom.
We will read the book, use what we read to practice listening, speaking, and grammar
skills to improve your sentences and essays as well as your overall language skills. You
all have awesome college level brains, and we want to use English in ways to show
that.
During the semester, we will do lots of activities in class and do single and group
presentations on ideas from the book and related videos.
This class is pass/no pass. It is not graded because the focus isn't the grade, but
rather the improvement of your writing and language skills. I find students who take
this class with the writing class get better grades overall.
Your participation is super important in class, and I look forward to getting to know
on campus.
Full class information and syllabus in CANVAS Container.
On Campus ESL 1A and 1B (2874 and 2876)
ESL 1A and 1B (2874 and 2876)
Accelerated Reading and Writing
Course Links:
Course Notes:
ESL 1A and 1B (2874 and 2876)
Mondays and Wednesdays 9:00-12:05pm Room B159
Gary Paulsen's Hatchet
-
ISBN 978-1-4169-3647-3
If you want to get a head start, purchase the books and read chapter 1.
Classroom strategies:
We will read the book, talk about what we read in class to make sure everyone understands,
and write good sentences to create solid paragraphs to a complete essay [reviewing
everything along the way]. I will provide lots of help via lectures, activities, and
you can always ask questions in class or email me questions :) Online and on campus tutoring
is also available.
During the semester, we will we will write several paragraphs and conclude with a
5 paragraph essay. We will also have 3 in class writing exams.
Your participation is super important in class, and I look forward to getting to know
you in person.
Full class information and syllabus in CANVAS Container.
On Campus ESL 1AS and 1BS (3666 and 3667)
ESL 1AS and ESL 1BS Support class for ESL 1A/B Accelerated Reading and Writing
Course Links:
Course Notes:
ESL 1AS and 1BS [3666 and 3667]
Mondays and Wednesdays 12:15-1:35PM Room B159
Gary Paulsen's Hatchet
-
ISBN 978-1-4169-3647-3
If you want to get a head start, purchase the books and read chapter 1.
Classroom strategies:
We will read the book, use what we read to practice listening, speaking, and grammar
skills to improve your sentences to create good paragraphs as well as your overall
language skills. You all have awesome college level brains, and we want to use English
in ways to show that.
During the semester, we will do lots of activities in class and do single and group
presentations on ideas from the book and related videos.
This class is pass/no pass. It is not graded because the focus isn't the grade, but
rather the improvement of your writing and language skills. I find students who take
this class with the writing class get better grades overall.
Your participation is super important in class, and I look forward to getting to know on
campus.
Full class information and syllabus in CANVAS Container.
Dr. Lyn Neylon-Craft is a professor of English language at Cuyamaca College. She has a B.A. in psychology and a B.A. in English from SDSU, an MA in teaching English from USIU, an MA in Humanities from CSU Dominguez Hills, and a Ph.D. in comparative literature from UC-Riverside. She has lived, traveled, studied and worked in Europe, spending time in England, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal. As part of her Ph.D. study, Dr. Neylon-Craft explored the connections between European literature and psychology. Professor Neylon-Craft is bilingual and has years of experience working with peoples of many cultures.
Dr. Neylon-Craft invites all her students to check out the excellent study abroad programs offered at Cuyamaca and Grossmont Colleges. "These programs are a great adventure in language, culture, and life that shouldn't be missed!"