Language learning

January 2010: Chinese Delegation proposes development of language training standard  (ISO 29991)
•Large market
•Little regulation/quality assurance

ISO/TC 232 has started to develop a series of standards with special requirements related to ISO 29990. The first standard in this series will be ISO 29991, Language learning services for non-formal education and training – Specific requirements for service providers.

CNIS, the China National Institute of Standardization, proposed this standard. Its
objective is to specify in each paragraph of ISO 29990 the particular requirements for providers of language learning services.

ISO 29990 provides a good foundation for language specification. Developing
and implementing such a language-related standard will help to improve the quality of language training, promote the rapid, healthy and orderly development of the international language training industry, and protect learners’ interests.