ABSTRACT English language is universal and individual. It allows people to communicate across time and distance. At the same time, it serves to define almost everything that makes a person unique. The purpose of teaching English is to encourage the students to understand how the English language varies from region to region, ethnic group to ethnic group, social class to social class, and circumstance to circumstance. However, the purpose of learning English is to get a way of communication with people in different places in which we cannot use our native tongue. So teaching and learning a language is a way of connection between souls, a means of communication. Among the methods in teaching English, some methods have had their heyday and have fallen into relative obscurity; others are widely used now. This paper is an attempt to illustrate the methodology used in teaching English. Methods and Strategies in Teaching English as a Second Language