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Dr Thu Ngo

Dr Thu Ngo

Senior Lecturer

Ph.D, Education Linguistics (University of New England, Australia)

Topic: Deployment of evaluative language in English and Vietnamese spoken discourse

M.Ed, TESOL (University of Sydney, Australia)

Topic: Text-based and text-free English pronunciation by Vietnamese EFL students: an intelligibility approach.

 

Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Education
E-mail
thu.ngo@unsw.edu.au
Location
Office: G48, Morven Brown building, Gate 8, Kensington campus
  • Books | 2021
    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 | 2025
    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
    Book Chapters | 2021
    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
    Book Chapters | 2018
    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
    Book Chapters | 2011
    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
    Book Chapters | 2011
    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
  • Journal articles | 2025
    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
    Journal articles | 2025
    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
    Journal articles | 2022
    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
    Journal articles | 2022
    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
    Journal articles | 2018
    Ngo T, 2018, 'Gesture as transduction of characterisation in children's literature animation adaptation', Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 2018
    Journal articles | 2018
    Ngo T, 2018, 'Gesture as transduction of characterisation in children's literature animation adaptation', Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 2018
    Journal articles | 2018
    Ngo T, 2018, 'Halliday and the pathway to the formation of systemic function linguistics', Ngôn ngữ và Đời sống, 2018, pp. 5 - 8
    Journal articles | 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
    Journal articles | 2016
    Ngo TTB, 2016, 'Developing a differentiated model for the teaching of creative writing to high performing students', English in Australia, 51, pp. 63 - 73
    Journal articles | 2015
    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
    Journal articles | 2015
    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
    Journal articles | 2015
    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
    Journal articles | 2014
    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
    Journal articles | 2012
    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

ACU Teaching Development Grant (2019-2020)

Topic: Visualising multimodal literacy teaching pedagogy in real school contexts

Explorance Faculty Research Grant (2021)

Topic: Enhancing learner satisfaction with challenging pedagogical content through student-feedback-based course redesign.

  • ACU, Teaching Citation Award (2021)
  • ACU, Faculty of Education and Arts, Teaching Excellence Award (2020) 

Ngo, T., & Unsworth, L. (forthcoming). Digital Multimodal Adaptations of Children’s Literature: Semiotic Analyses and Classroom Applications: Routledge.

My Teaching

Primary Literacy education

TESOL education