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Learning subjects can introduce further challenges. It is important to align the educational content and to structure the training session to international and national research views on the subject that is being taught. For example, current literature demonstrates a need for a shift on the cognitive focus in the area of language learning. Current studies do not only address issues regarding the four basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing but issues related to learner autonomy, cross-border collaboration, culture, identity, interaction and discourse, communication skills, peer feedback, and knowledge construction are brought into the stage of language training. Furthermore, emerging technologies have the potential to offer opportunities for real, relevant, and meaningful language learning experiences that outreach the focus on the basic language practices in listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing introducing an authentic and multidisciplinary dimension.