The enhancement of English language proficiency is a clear aim in many educational institutions around the world. One of the latest technology that has been adopted in education recently is Augmented Reality (AR) but still needs more consideration and investigation to insure its effectiveness in English language learning ELL. This paper highlights the most AR technologies that have been employed in ELL and views to what extent they have been useful and beneficial. Moreover, it points out to the limitations that would slowdown the adoption of AR in Education generally and English language learning particularly.