Benjamin Kremmel
Education
- PhD „Applied Linguistics“, University of Nottingham, UK | 2013-2017
- MA in „Language Testing“, Lancaster University, UK | 2011-2012
- erasmus exchange student at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland | 2009
- Teaching Degree (MA equivalent) for English, Psychology & Philosophy, University of Innsbruck | 2005-2010
Professional Background
- University Assistant (PostDoc), Department of Subject-Specific Education, Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Innsbruck | since April 2018
- Head of the Language Testing Research Group Innsbruck | since April 2018
- Lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Innsbruck | since 2011
- Teacher (English and Psychology/Philosophy) at the Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium Innsbruck | September 2018 - September 2019
- External lecturer, Lancaster University | October 2018 - February 2019
- University Assistant (PraeDoc), Department of Subject-Specific Education, University of Innsbruck | April 2014 - March 2018
- External lecturer, Department of Subject-Specific Education, University of Innsbruck | October 2011 - September 2013
- Research assistant on the "Standardisierte Reifeprüfung" project, involved in the development of language tests for the standardized Austrian school leaving exam project, University of Innsbruck | April 2011 - September 2013
- Student assistant, Department of Subject-Specific Education (IMoF) | March 2008 - September 2010
Research Interests
- Language assessment literacy
- L2 lexical knowledge and vocabulary assessment
- Validity and validation
- Diagnostic language testing
- Second language acquisition
- Test development, item writing, remote proctoring
- Fairness and accommodations
- Language tests and language policy, language testing and migration
Teaching
University of Innsbruck
- Introduction to testing and assessment in foreign language teaching | 2012 - present
- Methods and instruments of subject-specific English didactics research | 2021 – present
- AI tools in English language learning, teaching and assessment | 2023 - present
- Evidence-based English language teaching | 2019 - 2022
- Vocabulary: Learning, teaching, and assessment | 2014 - 2017
- Tutorial testing and assessment | 2015
- Introduction to the didactics of foreign language teaching | 2011 - 2013
- Language-specific workshop: Introduction to English language teaching | 2011 – 2012
Lancaster University
- Classroom-based assessment [MA TESOL Programme] | 2018
Administration
Event organization
- ÖGSD Haupttagung 2026, Innsbruck
- EALTA Winter School 2024, Innsbruck
- Language Testing Research Colloquium 2024, Innsbruck (Conference chair)
- International Conference on Task-based Language Teaching, Innsbruck
- EALTA Winter School 2018, Innsbruck
- EALTA Summer School 2016, Innsbruck
- Language Testing Forum 2013, Nottingham
- EALTA Annual conference 2012, Innsbruck
- IATEFL TEASIG conference 2011, Innsbruck
- ÖGSD Haupttagung 2010, Innsbruck
Professional service
Committees
- ILTA Task Force Revision of Guidelines for Practice (2024-present)
- EALTA Task Force Revision of Guidelines of Good Practice (2024-present)
- ILTA Open Access journal task force (2024-present)
- ILTA Executive committee, member-at-large (2018-2019)
- ILTA Robert Lado Memorial Award Committee (2016, 2018 chair, 2021)
- ILTA/SAGE Book Award committee, Chair (2022, 2024)
- ILTA Student Travel Award Committee (2018)
- UKALTA Executive Committee, Communications officer (2015-2018)
- EALTA Nomination Committee member (2012-2013)
- Faculty of Teacher Education Delegate to the Digital Community UIBK (2024-present)
- Member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Teacher Education (non-professorial faculty curia), (2023-present)
- Ethics Review Board of the Faculty of Teacher Education (2018-current; chair from 2024-2025)
- Chair of Department Assembly, Institut für Fachdidaktik Innsbruck (2019-2021)
- Interim deputy Head of Department and Head of Languages Unit at Department (Oct-Nov 2020)
- Substitute Member of the Senate of the University of Innsbruck (non-professorial faculty curia) (2019-present)
Reviewing
- Associate Editor Wiley Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, Testing and assessment section
- Editorial Advisory Board Member of TESOL Quarterly (2025-2028), Language Testing (2018-present), Language Assessment Quarterly (2018-2023), ITL International Journal of Applied Linguistics (2017-present), Arbeiten aus Anglistik und Amerikanistik (2022-present)
- Book review Editor Language Testing (2021-2025)
- Abstract reviewer for AAAL (Vocabulary and Lexical Studies, Assessment and Evaluation) (2016 – present), LTRC (2018-present), EALTA (2015-present), LARC (2018), LTF (2017), EUROSLA (2019), IRG Fribourg (2020), Applied Linguistics Research Symposium Saudi Arabia (2020-2023), BAAL Vocabulary SIG (2016)
- Ad-hoc reviewing for Cognition; Studies in Language Assessment; Assessing Writing; Language, Culture and Curriculum; Second Language Research; Journal of Second Language Writing; Educational Assessment; Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practice; British Educational Research Journal; SAGE Open; Studies in Second Language Acquisition; Assessment in Education; Applied Psycholinguistics; Journal of Language, Identity and Education; Journal of Psycholinguistic Research; Frontiers in Psychology; Studies in Educational Evaluation; Modern Language Journal; TESOL Quarterly; International Journal for Bilingualism and Bilingual Education; PlosOne; Language Learning; Language Teaching Research; ÖDaF Mitteilungen; Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching; Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung; Apples – Journal for Applied Language Studies; System; ITL International Journal of Applied Linguistics; English for Specific Purposes; Applied Linguistics; International Journal of Corpus Linguistics; Papers in Language Testing and Assessment; Reading in a Foreign Language; Language Assessment Quarterly; Language Testing
Consultancies for BMBWF/BMB, IELTS, Cambridge University Press and Assessment, ETS, TestDaF, British Council, Trinity, PHSG, etc.
Memberships
- ILTA (International Language Testing Association)
- EALTA (European Association for Language Testing and Assessment), Expert Member
- UKALTA (UK Association for Language Testing and Assessment)
- EUROSLA (European Second Language Association)
- BAAL (British Association of Applied Linguistics) Vocabulary Special Interest Group
- BAAL (British Association of Applied Linguistics) Testing, Evaluation and Assessment Special Interest Group
- ÖGSD (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Sprachdidaktik/Austrian Society for Language Teaching)
- Language Testing Research Group, Lancaster University, UK
Awards and honours
- EALTA Expert Member | 2023 – present
- TOEFL Essentials New Scholar Award 2023
- Commendation Preis des Landeshauptstadt Innsbruck 2019
- Nomination for Lehre Plus! Teaching Award 2016 of the University of Innsbruck 2016
- TOEFL® Small Grants for Doctoral Research in Second or Foreign Language Assessment 2015
- APTIS Assessment Research Award 2015
- "Best Poster Presentation" at the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) Vocabulary Special Interest Group Conference 2015 in Swansea, UK 2015
- APTIS Assessment Research Grant by the British Council 2015
- Robert Lado Memorial Award 2015
- Commendation for Best Student Paper Award 2014 of the University of Innsbruck
- Caroline Clapham IELTS Masters Award 2013