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Beginning as a dialect spoken by Germanic immigrants, English has seen significant growth and change over the last 1,500 years. Of the six thousand to seven thousand languages that still exist in the world, English is the most widely spoken. In addition to having a sizable population of native speakers, it also has, according to Broghton et al. in their book Teaching English as a Foreign Language, "an equally widely distributed body of second language speakers, who use English for their day-to-day needs, (which) totals over 250 million." Lastly, if we include places where decisions pertaining to life and welfare are made and announced in English, we reach one-sixth of the global population. Both the need for qualified English teachers and the number of English language learners are continuously increasing. With a focus on teaching and learning English to non-native speakers, the current research will examine all of these difficulties, their causes, and possible solutions.