Competent teaching is impossible without a solid foundation, and so methodology has evolved and developed throughout the history of English language teaching and education. This paper reveals the issues of innovative and modern approaches towards teaching English to young learners that exist currently. They include constructivist, script-(story line-method), simulation, task and project based-approaches, among others. The study explores the basic concept of innovation in the process of language teaching, so it is necessary to start with the fact that teaching English in schools is significantly developing under the influence of contemporary trends and approaches. The key purpose of the study is to highlight the importance of using modern approaches in the language classroom. It is conducted on the basis of literature review. To sum it up, using modern approaches is one of the key concepts of ELT innovation, which gives the best results to motivate and engage young learners in learning a language.