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Kremmel Benjamin – Universität Innsbruck

Benjamin Kremmel

Portrait Benjamin Kremmel

Room 40510, Innrain 52d, 5th floor, 6020 Innsbruck

+43 512 507-43017

benjamin.kremmel@uibk.ac.at

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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
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