Some talks I translated from the program with the help of google include: "Comparative analysis of participles in Russian, English, and Tajik," "Some questions about the psycholinguistic analysis of statements in the Russian language," "Semantics of words derived from the concept of 'beauty' in Tajik, Russian, and English linguaculture," "The Concept of 'Spring' in the poetry of Marina Tsetaeva," and "Classification of Euphemisms in Political Speeches." Four of the talks were in English, two in Tajik, and about a dozen in Russian. I know some random words in Russian, like "spring" and "word," and I can guess the cognates, like semantika and klassifikatsiya, but for most of the day I had to let the language roll over me.
I was asked to do the opening plenary. 10 minutes like all other talks (except that time wasn't too strictly enforced). I'm not sure my "Balance in Language Teaching"--practical as usual from me--set the right tone for the rest of the conference. However, they've heard me speak all semester and know my style.
I'd also coached two of the teachers who've attended both my methodology and my academic writing classes in doing and writing up some action research. They boldly tried presentations different from the others--one on jigsaw reading in his English for geology students class, the other on improving students' presentations in her international relations class.
Here are some other photos from the conference:
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