Elana Summers
Elana Summers
ZHAW
School of Applied Linguistics
Institute of Multilingual Communication
Theaterstrasse 15c
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Lecturer, IMK Institute of Multilingual Communication
Network
ORCID digital identifier
Projects
- Language learning in the age of Artificial Intelligence / Team member / ongoing
- Digital Literacy Skills in University Contexts / Team member / completed
- PhD in Applied Linguistics – Swiss AL Tools / Team member / completed
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
- Cotelli Kureth, S., Delorme Benites, A., Lehr, C., Noghrechi, H., Steele, E., & Summers, E. (2025). Comment développer la littéracie digitale des enseignant-es et des apprenant-es? : conclusions du projet ‘Digital Literacy in University Contexts’. Babylonia, 1, 56–59. https://doi.org/10.55393/babylonia.v1i.510
- Cotelli Kureth, S., & Summers, E. (2025). Policy on the use of machine translation (MT) : a good model for wider policies on generative AI (GenAI)? Journal of Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 8(1), 30–48. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34688
- Cotelli Kureth, S., & Summers, E. (2023). Tackling the elephant in the language classroom : introducing machine translation literacy in a Swiss language centre. Language Learning in Higher Education, 13(1), 213–230. https://doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2023-2015
- Summers, E., Kappus, M., & Ehrensberger-Dow, M. (2023). Collaborative possibilities of CAT tools in the revision process. Revista Tradumàtica, 21, 300–308. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/tradumatica.314
Other publications
Cotelli Kureth, S., Summers, E., Delorme Benites, A., Noghrechi, H., & Steele, E. (2022, September). Tackling the elephant in the room : introducing MT literacy in a Swiss language centre. XVII CercleS International Conference “The Future of Language Education in an Increasingly Digital World: Embracing Change”, Porto, Portugal, 15-17 September 2022.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Cotelli Kureth, S., & Summers, E. (2025, November 14). Using screen recordings to assess how students use GenAI tools in the foreign language writing process : insights for language teachers. Shifting Power in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics with GenAI, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, 13-14 November 2025.
- Cotelli Kureth, S., Delorme Benites, A., Lehr, C., Steele, E., & Summers, E. (2024). Empowering language teachers : reflections on a training design for AI literacy. Innovation in Language Learning, Florence, Italy, 7-8 November 2024.
- Cotelli Kureth, S., Delorme Benites, A., Lehr, C., Steele, E., & Summers, E. (2024, October 25). Policy on the use of machine translation : a good model for wider policies on generative AI? AI in Education / (Dis)embodied interActIons, Paris, France, 24-25 October 2024.
- Lehr, C., & Summers, E. (2023, June 15). Post-editing raw MT output : definition and (affective) considerations for language teaching. International Conference and Teacher Training Conference: The Wider Implications of Machine Translation, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 15-16 June 2023.
- Kappus, M., & Summers, E. (2021). Teaching quality assessment and revision with CAT tools : a case study [Conference presentation]. The Łódź-ZHAW Duo Colloquium on Translation and Meaning : Book of Abstracts, 32.
- Hunziker Heeb, A., & Summers, E. (2021). Effects of co-teaching translation into the L2 on learner empowerment [Conference presentation]. The Łódź-ZHAW Duo Colloquium on Translation and Meaning : Book of Abstracts, 11.