Benjamin Kremmel

Benjamin Kremmel is a Researcher at the Institute of Subject Didactics, Department of Language Didactics within the Faculty of Teacher Education at the University of Innsbruck. He also serves as the Head of the Language Testing Research Group Innsbruck and has held prior roles as a Teacher of English and Psychology/Philosophy and External Lecturer at Lancaster University. His research spans Language Assessment Literacy, Vocabulary Studies, and Competence Measurement, with a focus on foreign language testing and evidence-based teaching.

• Fields of Interest: Language Assessment, Vocabulary Acquisition, Applied Linguistics, Educational Psychology, Second Language Acquisition.
• Teaching Roles: In Testing and Assessment, Vocabulary Learning, Evidence-based English Teaching, and Didactics of Foreign Language Instruction.
• Organizational Roles: Ethics Review Board member, Editor for Language Testing, Organizer of international conferences like TBLT and EALTA Summer School.

His recent publications emphasize computer-adaptive vocabulary testing, cognitive validity, and remote proctoring in language assessment. He has supervised numerous theses on topics like writing assessment, peer feedback, and vocabulary levels tests, while contributing to NGO initiatives such as LaPlace – Language Placement for Displaced People.