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The children’s intelligence development technology exchange company under Pyongyang Teachers Training College has developed in a Korean style new educational methods and techniques conducive to developing the intellectual faculties of schoolchildren.

The company completed research into several teaching methods and techniques, including the early foreign language education method, intellectual development education technique based on abacus visualization and robot education technology suited to the worldwide trend of educational development and the intellectual level of the Korean children.

According to an official of the company, the viewpoint and standpoint from which people see and approach the reality would change and get consolidated according to what kind of education they receive in their childhood, an important stage of their intellectual development.

He said that it is essential to introduce new teaching methods and techniques that suit the pedagogical requirements and the psychological characteristics of children in different age groups in order to develop the brains and consolidate the knowledge base of children who are more given to visual and descriptive thinking than logical thinking and have a very high rate of intellectual development.

The method of early foreign language education created by the company is being introduced into extracurricular education at different primary schools in the city.

The aim of this teaching method is to give education in English, including listening, speaking and writing, from the first year of primary school to the level of everyday conversation and prepare the students to be able to learn a second foreign language at the end of the school year.

The company also developed and introduced into educational practice a teaching technique combining mathematics and English.

The teachers present math problems in English and ask students to explain the answer and solution in English so that they can learn math and foreign language simultaneously and also acquire presentation ability. The method has already been introduced into Pyongyang Primary School for Orphans and other educational units to prove its effectiveness.

The company is also directing efforts to completing the curative education method for children with disabilities in conformity with the actual conditions of the country.