Dr. Elana Summers
Dr. 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. et al. (2025) 'Comment développer la littéracie digitale des enseignant-es et des apprenant-es? : conclusions du projet 'Digital Literacy in University Contexts'', Babylonia, (1), pp. 56–59. doi: 10.55393/babylonia.v1i.510.
- Cotelli Kureth, S. and 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), pp. 30–48. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-34688.
- Cotelli Kureth, S. and 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), pp. 213–230. doi: 10.1515/cercles-2023-2015.
- Summers, E., Kappus, M. and Ehrensberger-Dow, M. (2023) 'Collaborative possibilities of CAT tools in the revision process', Revista Tradumàtica, (21), pp. 300–308. doi: 10.5565/rev/tradumatica.314.
Books, peer-reviewed
Summers, E. (2026) Digital literacy : neural machine translation in the undergraduate L2 translation classroom. Doctoral dissertation. The Open Unversity. doi: 10.21954/ou.ro.00109984.
Other publications
Cotelli Kureth, S. et al. (2022) 'Tackling the elephant in the room : introducing MT literacy in a Swiss language centre', in 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. and Summers, E. (2025) 'Using screen recordings to assess how students use GenAI tools in the foreign language writing process : insights for language teachers', in Shifting Power in Language Learning and Applied Linguistics with GenAI, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, 13-14 November 2025.
- Cotelli Kureth, S. et al. (2024) 'Empowering language teachers : reflections on a training design for AI literacy', in Innovation in Language Learning, Florence, Italy, 7-8 November 2024.
- Cotelli Kureth, S. et al. (2024) 'Policy on the use of machine translation : a good model for wider policies on generative AI?', in AI in Education / (Dis)embodied interActIons, Paris, France, 24-25 October 2024.
- Lehr, C. and Summers, E. (2023) 'Post-editing raw MT output : definition and (affective) considerations for language teaching', in International Conference and Teacher Training Conference: The Wider Implications of Machine Translation, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 15-16 June 2023.
- Kappus, M. and Summers, E. (2021) 'Teaching quality assessment and revision with CAT tools : a case study', in The Łódź-ZHAW Duo Colloquium on Translation and Meaning : Book of Abstracts. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, p. 32.
- Hunziker Heeb, A. and Summers, E. (2021) 'Effects of co-teaching translation into the L2 on learner empowerment', in The Łódź-ZHAW Duo Colloquium on Translation and Meaning : Book of Abstracts. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, p. 11.