U+ Idle Saengsaeng Library Used as Supplementary Teaching Material for Kindergarten Classes

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] LG Uplus announced on the 14th that it will pilot the early childhood education content service 'U+ Kids Live Library,' which allows reading English fairy tale books from world-renowned publishers through augmented reality (AR), as supplementary teaching materials in kindergarten curricula.

U+ Kids Live Library is a child-specialized AR educational content accessible via mobile applications and IPTV. It helps children aged 5 to 9, who are beginning formal English learning, naturally and enjoyably get exposed to English by listening to native pronunciation while watching immersive 3D AR content where scenes from fairy tales appear to come alive.

Since this month, U+ Kids Live Library has been conducting education once a week as supplementary teaching material for students at Dongdaemun Picture Kindergarten in Seoul. Kim Chang-sook, an invited professor at Dankook University and principal of Picture Kindergarten, said, "U+ Kids Live Library can be used as an English 'passive listening' teaching material, which is a current trend in language education. Passive listening greatly benefits educationally by improving comprehension of English sentences when students advance to higher education."

After the pilot operation of U+ Kids Live Library as supplementary teaching material, LG Uplus plans to propose the possibility of safe, non-face-to-face online early childhood education at kindergartens and homes by utilizing various kids' content.

Park Jae-gyu, head of LG Uplus AR Service Team, expressed expectations, saying, "Even amid the COVID-19 situation, through the relentless efforts of kindergarten teachers and LG Uplus's bold experiments, we will be able to present new non-face-to-face education methods that parents can trust."

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