Аннотация:This article examines the essence and the causes of problems that arise during the process of learning a foreign language in general, as well as the problems of learning a foreign language in big groups. Description is given of the possible reasons, due to which people usually cannot succeed in learning foreign languages, and the potential ways to overcome them. Afterwards the article goes on to discuss the problems of learning foreign languages in big groups, as it often happens nowadays in various linguistic centers and universities and offers possible ways of solving the problems described both for the learners and for the teacher.