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Dr Benjamin Kremmel
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Education MA in Teaching at Innsbruck University (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 Professional background Involved in the development of language tests for the standardized Austrian school leaving exam project (University of Innsbruck, 2011-2013) Lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Innsbruck (since 2011) Research interests L2 lexical knowledge, vocabulary assessment, L2 reading assessment, diagnostic language testing, language assessment literacy, SLA |
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Kathrin Eberharter
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Education MA in Teaching at Innsbruck University (first major: English; second major: German) MA in Language Testing at Lancaster University (by distance) Currently: 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 (University of Innsbruck, Bifie Vienna, 2008-2013) Lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of 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
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Franz Holzknecht
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Education MA in Teaching at Innsbruck University (first major: English; second major: Sports Science, awarded with distinction) MA in Language Testing at Lancaster University (by distance, awarded with distinction) Currently: 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 (University of Innsbruck, Bifie Vienna, 2008-2012, 2013-2014) Lecturer at teacher training colleges across Austria (since 2010) Lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Innsbruck (since 2013) Research interests L2 listening assessment, cognitive validity in language testing, eye-tracking in language testing research, L2 writing assessment
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Elisa Guggenbichler
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elisa.guggenbichler@uibk.ac.at Education Currently: MA in Teaching at Innsbruck University (first major: French; second major: English) Currently: BA in Translation Studies at Innsbruck University Professional background Student research assistant at the University of Innsbruck with LTRGI (since April 2019) Research interests Testing English and French as a foreign/second language, L2 writing assessment |
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Eva Konrad
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Education MA in English and American Studies at Innsbruck University MA in Language Testing at Lancaster University (by distance, awarded with distinction) Currently: 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 (University of Innsbruck, 2011-2013) Researcher at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of 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
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Veronika Schwarz
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Education MA in Romance Studies (Spanish) at University of Vienna MA in Theatre, Film and Media Studies at University of Vienna Academic expert in German as a Foreign Language and German as a Second Language at the University of Innsbruck (Further Education Programme) Examiner for DTÖ (German language test for Austria) at the A2/B1 level Currently: MA in Language Testing at Lancaster University (by distance) Professional background Project assistant at the University of Innsbruck with LTRGI (since 2016) Dramatic advisor in theatre and performance projects Research interests L2 language assessment, corpus linguistics, task effects, testing German and Spanish as a foreign/second language, speaking assessment, interactional competence |
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Dr Carol Spöttl
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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: 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 |
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Matthias Zehentner
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Education MA in Teaching at Innsbruck University (first major: English; second major: Mathematics) 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 (University of Innsbruck, 2009-2013) Researcher at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Innsbruck (since 2015) Teacher in a technical vocational secondary school (HTL) in Innsbruck (since 2017) Research interests L2 speaking assessment, rater behaviour, rating scale development and validation, L2 writing assessment, writing behaviour and strategies
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Sigrid Hauser
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