Team
Dr Benjamin Kremmel
(group leader)
Education
MA in Teaching at Universität Innsbruck (first major: English; second major: Psychology and Philosophy, awarded with distinction)
MA in Language Testing at Lancaster University (by distance, awarded with distinction)
PhD in Applied Linguistics at University of Nottingham, UK
Currently: Cumulative habilitation on Language Assessment Literacy
Professional background
Involved in the development of language tests for the standardized Austrian school leaving exam project (Universität Innsbruck, 2011-2013)
Lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Teacher Education, Universität Innsbruck (since 2011)
Research interests
L2 lexical knowledge, vocabulary assessment, L2 reading assessment, diagnostic language testing, language assessment literacy, SLA
Kathrin Eberharter
Education
MA in Teaching at Universität Innsbruck (first major: English; second major: German)
MA in Language Testing at Lancaster University (by distance)
PhD in Language Testing at Lancaster University (by distance)
Professional background
Involved in the development of language tests for the standardized Austrian school leaving exam project (Universität Innsbruck, Bifie Vienna, 2008-2013)
Lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Teacher Education, Universität Innsbruck (since 2013)
Lecturer at teacher training colleges in Tirol, Vienna, Salzburg and Linz (since 2013)
Research interests
Assessing L2 speaking, assessing L2 writing, rater behaviour and rater cognition, assessing vocabulary and grammar in context
Elisa Guggenbichler
elisa.guggenbichler@uibk.ac.at
Education
MA in Teaching at Universität Innsbruck (first major: French; second major: English)
BA in Translation Studies at Universität Innsbruck
Currently: PhD in Education (Language Eduaction) at Universität Innsbruck
Professional background
Research assistant at LTRGI (2019-2021)
PreDoc at Universität Innsbruck (since 2022)
Research interests
Testing English and French as a foreign/second language, L2 writing assessment, L2 listening assessment, test accommodations for learners with learning difficulties
Eva Konrad
Education
MA in English and American Studies at Universität Innsbruck
MA in Language Testing at Lancaster University (by distance, awarded with distinction)
Professional background
Involved in the development of language tests for the standardized Austrian school leaving exam project (Universität Innsbruck, 2011-2013)
Researcher at the Faculty of Teacher Education, Universität Innsbruck (since 2013)
Lecturer at teacher training colleges across Austria (since 2013)
Research interests
L2 writing assessment, effects of dictionaries on writing, diagnostic testing, reading and listening task development
Dr Doris Moser-Frötscher
doris.moser-froetscher@uibk.ac.at
Education
MA in Teaching at Universität Innsbruck (first major: English; second major: Italian, awarded with distinction)
MA in Business Education at Universität Innsbruck
PhD in Language Testing at Lancaster University (by distance)
Professional background
Involved in the development of language tests for the standardized Austrian school leaving exam project (Universität Innsbruck, BIFIE Vienna, Austrian Ministry of Education 2007-2020)
Lecturer at teacher training colleges across Austria (since 2011)
External lecturer at the Faculty of Teacher Education, Universität Innsbruck (2017-2020)
Lecturer at the Faculty of Teacher Education, Universität Innsbruck (2020-2021)
Researcher at LTRGI (since 2021)
Research interests
Washback, reading and listening task development, assessing L2 writing, assessing L2 speaking
Dr Carol Spöttl
Education
BA English, History and Education at Edinburgh University
MA in English Language Teaching and Professional Development at the University of East Anglia
PhD in Applied Linguistics at Lancaster University (by distance)
Professional background
Long-time lecturer at Innsbruck University:
- Department of English: language skills and awareness, linguistics and culture
- Department of Language Didactics: language didactics, language testing
Long-time lecturer at teacher training colleges across Austria
Initiator of the standardized Austrian school leaving examination project
Research interests
Language testing, corpus linguistics, language acquisition, multilingualism
Viktoria Ebner
Education
BEd & MEd in Teaching at Universität Innsbruck (first major: English; second major: Biology)
Professional background
Research assistant at LTRGI (2021-2022)
Foreign Language Assistant at a school in the UK (2022-2023)
Researcher at LTRGI (since May 2023)
Research interests
(Language) Assessment Literacy of Science teachers, interplay of content and language in assessment
Simone Baumgartinger
simone.baumgartinger@uibk.ac.at
Education
BA in Translation Studies at Universität Innsbruck
MA in Translation Studies at Universität Innsbruck
Currently: BEd in Teaching at Universität Innsbruck (first major: English; second major: French)
Professional background
Foreign Language Assistant at a school in France (2021-2022)
Research assistant at LTRGI (since May 2022)
Research interests
Writing assessment, translation tools in assessment
Annette Giesinger
Administrative support
Former Members
Sigrid Hauser
Veronika Schwarz
Franz Holzknecht
Matthias Zehentner
Michael Maurer