More and more children are stuck at home due to school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents have been fretting about how to keep their kids from feeling bored and, on the other hand, to guide them to spend time positively.
Gecipe Inc., a Japanese startup, saw the demand and rolled out a remote e-sports English program for students last year that has attracted a waiting list of hundreds.
The lessons are given by coaches who speak fluent English and Japanese and also have excellent gaming skills. Students have to communicate with the coach and others in English while playing popular online games as a team in the 80-minute lessons, which make it more fun to practice the language. Children taking the lessons look more forward to these sessions than before, according to the CEO of Gecipe.
友善讓你懂｜解說：
疫情期間，越來越多的孩子因為學校停課而悶在家裡。家長們不只一直煩惱著如何不要讓他們在家中感到無聊，另一方面，還要引導他們更正面有效地運用時間。
日本新創公司Gecipe Inc.看到了家長們的需求，在去年推出遠距電玩英語課程，吸引了數百人排隊上課。
這個遠距英語課程，由能同時流利使用英語及日語、且很會玩電玩遊戲的雙語教練來「授課」。上課的學生在80分鐘的課程中，必須用英語跟教練還有其他參與者溝通組隊、一起打熱門的線上遊戲，這讓他們練習使用英語時感受到更多樂趣。根據Gecipe的CEO觀察，上這些電玩英語課的孩子們，比以前更熱切地期待接下來的課程了。
輕鬆帶著走｜學習：
fret about/over sth 的意思是，對某件事感到煩惱、緊張或是煩躁不安。
例句：People are fretting about the outbreak of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Taiwan.
人們對台灣確診案例大爆發感到煩躁不安。
本篇其他相關單字：
- esport (n.) 電玩、電競
- stuck (adj.) 卡住、動不了
- roll out 推出
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