This article aims to describe and overview the existence of teaching English in Indonesia. English as a Foreign language gives different impressions from the other status, as L1 or L2. The materials were collected through reading, comprehending a number of references related to teaching, mastering English. The review was descriptively done and the result showed that the success of teaching English depends upon internal and external factors, namely: (1) verbal, numerical and reasoning abilities, (2) motivation, attitude, interest, aptitude, self esteem, perception and memory), (3) curriculum, personal and interpersonal interactions, (4) ability to adverse weakness into strength and constraint into opportunity, (5) spatial and socio-emotional setting, participant, end, act, channel, intention, norm and genre, (6) practice, enthusiasm and learning styles.