Dr. Elana Summers
Dr. Elana Summers
ZHAW
School of Applied Linguistics
Institute of Multilingual Communication
Theaterstrasse 15c
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Co-director, IMK Institute of Multilingual Communication
Focus
Teaching
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.