Ann J. Yancey
Lecturer
Academic Literacy and Linguistics
EMAIL: ayancey@bmcc.cuny.edu
Office: N499U
Office Hours:
Phone: +1 (212) 776-6552
Ann (Judith) Yancey is a Lecturer in the Department of Academic Literacy and Linguistics, where she teaches ESL and Critical Thinking.
Judith has taught ESL at the college level for twenty years; before joining BMCC in 2009, she taught a range of ESL courses at Columbia University, NYU, LaGuardia Community College, Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, and Montgomery College of Maryland.
Expertise
second language writing, classroom materials development
Degrees
B.A., Duke University, English
M.A., American University, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Courses Taught
- This course is designed to support the improvement of writing skills of ESL 54 students. It is obligatory for one semester for all incoming ESL students whose placement shows a need for instruction at this level.
Corequisite: ESL 54 - This course is designed to improve the reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills of beginning and low-intermediate level students. It is obligatory for one semester for all incoming ESL students whose placement shows a need for instruction at this level.
Corequisite: ESL 49 - ESL 94RW is an integrated skills course that emphasizes academic writing and critical reading. In writing, students focus on introducing, developing, supporting, and organizing their ideas in descriptive, narrative, and expository formats. In reading, students develop comprehension through the practice of literal, inferential and critical reading skills, vocabulary development, flexible reading rates, and study skills. Through coursework which integrates these essential academic capacities, students will be prepared for advanced coursework.
- ESL 96 is an intensive integrated skills course that emphasizes academic writing and critical reading for ESL students. It focuses on basic components of effective writing and reading, including essay organization, paragraph development, sentence structure, word choice, and content. Students demonstrate comprehension of texts of varying lengths and genres by reading and responding to a variety of texts and using argumentation, narrative, and description as modes of developing ideas in writing. Students demonstrate critical reading skills related to analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. This course is designed to help students master and apply a full range of college-level reading and writing skills in English.
- This course combines CRT 100 and ESL 95. As a CRT 100 course, this class is designed to develop the mind and help sharpen students' ability to think clearly, logically, thoroughly, critically, and effectively. Through substantive readings, structured writing assignments and ongoing discussions, students will learn to use analytical skills in reading, writing, oral presentations, researching, and listening. Students will examine concrete examples from their own experience and readings and contemporary issues in the media to learn how to analyze issues, solve problems, and make informed decisions in their academic, professional, and personal lives. As an ESL 95 course, this is an intensive writing class for ESL students, which focuses on basic components of effective writing, including essay organization, paragraph development, sentence structure, word choice, and content. Students read and respond to a variety of texts and use argumentation, narrative, and description as modes of developing ideas in writing. To pass this course and continue on to English 101, students must receive a passing score on the CUNY Assessment Test in Writing (CATW).
CRT 100.6 may not be taken by students who have passed CRT 100 or ESL 95 or are exempt from Writing.
Please note: Tuition for this corequisite course is charged by the equated credit (hours) not per credit. - Critical Thinking (Same as CRT 100) is designed to develop the mind and help students learn to think clearly and effectively. Through substantive readings, structured writing assignments and ongoing discussions, students will examine concrete examples from their own experience and readings and contemporary issues in the media to learn how to analyze issues, solve problems, and make informed decisions in their academic, professional, and personal lives.
Research and Projects
Publications
Beaumont, J. & Yancey, A. J. (2019). NorthStar 1 Reading and Writing, 4th Ed. Hoboken, NJ: Pearson ELT.
Beaumont, J. & Yancey, A. J. (2014). NorthStar 1 Reading and Writing, 3rd Ed. White Plains, NY: Pearson.
