By Dr Thu Ngo

Books

Ngo T; Hood S; Martin JR; Painter C; Smith BA; Zappavigna M, 2021, Modelling Paralanguage Using Systemic Functional Semiotics Theory and Application, Bloomsbury Publishing, https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/modelling-paralanguage-using-systemic-functional-semiotics-9781350074910/

Book Chapters

Unsworth L; Nguyen PT; Ngo T, 2025, 'Developing Students’ Repertoires of Nuanced Attitudinal Expression through Pedagogies of Multimodal Text Interpretation and Creation', in Multiliteracies Multimodality and Learning by Design in Second Language Learning and Teacher Education, pp. 139 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781032620497-11

Ngo T, 2021, 'Digital Storytelling and Teachers’ Disciplinary Multiliteracies', in Connecting Disciplinary Literacy and Digital Storytelling in K-12 Education, IGI Global, pp. 59 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5770-9.ch004

Ngo T, 2018, 'Teaching Multimodal Literacy: A Focus on the Comprehension and Representation of Gesture in Oral Interactions', in Multimodality across classrooms: Learning about and through different modalities, Routledge, New York, pp. 115 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203701072

Ngo TTB; Unsworth L, 2011, 'Vietnamese person reference system as an appraisal resource', in Linguistic Diversity and Cultural Identity A Global Perspective, pp. 169 - 188

Ngo T; Unsworth L, 2011, 'Vietnamese Person Reference System as an Appraisal Resource', in Linguistic Diversity and Cultural Identity A Global Perspective, Nova Science, New York, pp. 185 - 206, https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/5810468

Journal articles

Doran YJ; Ngo T; Ariztimuño LI, 2026, 'Sound and meaning: sound semiotics across contexts', Journal of World Languages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jwl-2026-0007

Ngo T, 2025, 'Language of film sounds: developing a metalanguage for talking about film sounds as literary devices in the language arts classes', Journal of World Languages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jwl-2025-0042

Ngo T; Unsworth L, 2025, 'Differentiating Appreciation of Characterization in Print, Graphic Novel, and Movie Versions of Children’s Literature: Multimodal Analyses to Develop Students’ Interpretive Stance', Research in the Teaching of English, 59, pp. 285 - 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.58680/rte2025593285

Ngo T; Spreadborough K, 2022, 'Exploring a systemic functional semiotics approach to understanding emotional expression in singing performance: Implications for music education', Research Studies in Music Education, 44, pp. 451 - 474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1321103X211034694

Ngo T; Unsworth L; Herrington M, 2022, 'Teacher Orchestration of Language and Gesture in Explaining Science Concepts in Images', Research in Science Education, 52, pp. 1013 - 1030, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11165-021-10011-z

Ngo T, 2018, 'Halliday and the pathway to the formation of systemic function linguistics', Ngôn ngữ và Đời sống, 2018, pp. 5 - 8

Ngo T, 2018, 'Gesture as transduction of characterisation in children's literature animation adaptation', Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 2018

Ngo T, 2018, 'Literacy education in the primary years in Vietnam from the Sydney-school genre perspective', Ngôn ngữ và Đời sống, 2016, pp. 76 - 83, https://vjol.info.vn/index.php/NNDS/article/view/32754

Ngo TTB, 2016, 'Developing a differentiated model for the teaching of creative writing to high performing students', English in Australia, 51, pp. 63 - 73

Unsworth L; Ngo T, 2015, 'The role of image in Vietnamese textbooks for the teaching of English as a foreign language [part 2]', Ngôn ngữ và Đời sống, 2015, pp. 93 - 99, https://vjol.info.vn/index.php/NNDS/article/view/20753

Unsworth L; Ngo T, 2015, 'The role of image in Vietnamese textbooks for the teaching of English as a foreign language [part 1]', Ngôn ngữ và Đời sống, 2014, pp. 101 - 105, https://vjol.info.vn/index.php/NNDS/article/view/19933

Ngo T; Unsworth L, 2015, 'Reworking the appraisal framework in ESL research: refining attitude resources', Functional Linguistics, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40554-015-0013-x

Ngo T, 2014, 'Marginal words -- sophisticated attitudinal meaning making resources in the Vietnamese language: Implications for the shaping of Vietnamese teaching in the Australian curriculum: Languaages (Vietnamese)', Babel, 49, pp. 26 - 35

Ngo T; Unsworth L; Feez S, 2012, 'Enhancing expressions of attitudes: Achieving equity for international students in everyday communication', TESOL in Context: TESOL as a Global Trade: Ethics, Equity and Ecology, Special Issue, S3, pp. 1 - 10, https://tesol.org.au/publications/#publications-2

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