Challenges faced by Elementary School' Teacher to teach English at SDI Al Muttaqin Driyorejo Gresik

English teacher holds an important role to teach English to the student in every schools’ level. The power of the class in teaching and learning process is a teacher. As a teacher they have to be able to handle the class in every situation. The teacher should create the English learning goes well. While the idea of teaching English has to be in a smooth process but the reality shows that process of teaching and learning practice is not easy. Teaching English as a foreign language can create challenges for every teacher whether beginner or experienced. Everyday teacher faces a variety of challenges which they must learn to a constant deal with, adapt to students need, find solutions to the challenges. This paper investigates the challenges faced by the teacher who teach in elementary school level in second grades and the strategies to deal with the challenges. The challenges faced by the teacher when the teacher teaching English in the class. This research uses qualitative method, while observation guideline and interview guideline as the instruments. The researcher did the observation in the class. The researcher also did the interview. The result of this study shows that the teacher faced five challenges from eight challenges to teach English. The challenges faced by the teacher are respecting the students, being even handed, teaching speaking and teaching aids. The teacher uses several strategies in dealing with challenges. The teacher uses punishment, reduce the student’ score, drilling, also the teacher tries to do her best