This article focuses on the challenges faced by teachers of English to young learners against the backdrop of the global rise of English. A number of challenges emerged as affecting large numbers of teachers in different educational contexts, namely, teaching speaking, motivation, differentiating learning, teaching large classes, discipline, teaching writing, and teaching grammar. Teaching a language has many different features. Furthermore, teachers have to understand what students learn, how and why such learning influences them, how lessons could be beneficial for them in the future. Hence, language teaching requires teachers to teach students to develop both academic and personal abilities.