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: Spring 2024 Mondays - Thursday 12:35 - 1:50.
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 9:30-12:35pm Room TBD
I highly recommend that you also take the grammar class - ESL 2AG or ESL 2BG - these classes are offered online
Text: John Gottman's The Relationship Cure
- ASIN : B004TIY64A
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 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.
ONLINE ESL 2AG and 2BG Grammar for Accelerated Composition
ONLINE ESL 2AG and 2BG Grammar for Accelerated Composition
Course Links:
Course Notes:
Classes are completely online. There are NO Zoom meetings.
I highly recommend that you also take the writing course ESL 2 for this level. The grammar 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 on campus Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30-12:35pm TBD.
Text: John Gottman's The Relationship Cure
- ASIN : B004TIY64A
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 discuss parts of speech, grammatical structures, and more to improve your sentences and essays. You all have awesome college level brains, and we want to use proper English grammar to show that. I will provide lots of help via lectures, activities, and you can always email me questions :) Online tutoring is also available.
During the semester, we will do lots of activities in our discussion groups, view lectures and take 3 exams.
This class is pass/no pass. It is not graded because the focus isn't the grade, but rather the improvement of your writing. 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 you online.
Full class information and syllabus in CANVAS Container.
On Campus ESL 122 College Rhetoric
Course Links:
Course Notes:
ESL 122 Section: 0805
Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30-12:35pm Room B164
Texts: Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- ISBN-10 : 1471131823
- ISBN-13 : 978-2133487538
Sr. Spencer Johnson's Who Moved my Cheese?
- ASIN : B06WGR1PW5
If you want to get a head start, purchase the books and read Habit 1 in Covey's text.
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 tutoring is also available.
During the semester, we will write three multi-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.
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!"