The world is facing increasing and accelerating challenges, as a result of rapid developments in various fields, especially the scientific and technological fields. This has led to scientific and technical progress that has dominated all aspects of life, which has led to the development of education, the renewal of teaching methods and methods, and the introduction of modern technology and its methods in education, as it has become a necessity and an essential basis in the practical educational process. The research aimed to know the reality of using modern means and techniques in teaching the English language in Iraq by shedding light on modern techniques in teaching the English language and their effective role in complementing the language, highlighting teaching using technology, and the most important features and uses of different technology in addition to identifying modern teaching methods of foreign languages. The results showed that the reality of using modern teaching methods in teaching English among teachers was to a moderate degree. Direct, communicative, auditory and linguistic methods obtained the highest means of use by teachers. The research recommended the need to train and qualify teachers on how to use modern teaching methods in teaching the English language in the city of Iraq.