2007年的十月中，老師來了一封信問我要不要投稿一個遊戲研討會（TASP—The Association for the study of play），她還附上了連結，聽到這消息當然先問了一下Alex，他一聽到馬上就說：就投阿！反正又還不知道會不會上！
回給老師的信上說：我滿有興趣想參加的，但是一方面擔心內容的部份，另一方面擔心我的英文。那時我才剛來應該不滿兩個月吧！我覺得國中英文可以拿來應付日常生活對話的用語我都沒辦法用得很好。接著老師的回信說：好像不需要寫成紙本的報告，只要上台報告一下就好了，而且到了明年三月你的英文就會嚇嚇叫了。
逼近截稿日期的前一個星期我才翻開我的論文，研討會要求一百五十個字的摘要，這實在是很難耶，論文英文摘要的那頁胡亂寫也寫了五百字。最後寫成的摘要： A Study of Children’s Sharing Behavior in Pretend Play
This study investigates children’s behavior in pretend play. Based on the qualitative research of children’s pretend play in a natural situation (27 mixed-age preschoolers in Tainan, Taiwan), it is found that sharing behavior is a situation of mutual possession in children’s pretend play, and it is not necessarily self-sacrifice. Furthermore, we focus on the sharing things, the sharing strategies and the relationship between sharing behavior and pretend play. When children are in their pretend play, they tend to share roles, spaces, objects, and action-plans. The speaking strategies of the sharers spread from compassion to oppression, and the resultant attitudes of the recipients may be flexible or bossy. Sharing behavior can initiate the pretend play and can also maintain the process of pretend play. On the other hand, the episodes of pretend play can promote the occurrence of sharing behavior.
就這150個字的摘要在去年的聖誕節假期前寄出去，假期結束開學的第二天，收到了TASP的回信：
I am pleased to inform you that your proposal,
“A Study of Children’sSharing Behavior in Pretend Play,”
has been accepted for presentation
(Category: INDIVIDUAL PAPER) at the upcoming annual conference of
The Association for the Study of Play (TASP) in Tempe, Arizona, March 5-8, 2008.
收到這封信的第一個反應當然是很高興，但馬上就開始緊張起來了，因為我的英文還是很爛，Alex就常常故意在我旁邊說，ㄟ你的英文要嚇嚇叫了吧，要不然怎麼去報告阿！
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