When I was a new immigrant, English was very difficult for me. Even though I learned English for more than ten years before I came to the USA, my English was still very poor except for my reading. I remember whenever I asked the directions on the street, almost everyone replied with the same confused expression: “Excuse me”?
To be honest, English is a very difficult language for us Chinese native speakers. No wonder I made a lot of jokes by accident.
To improve my English, I made great efforts. I read English books and watch English news TV almost every day. I tried to write my diaries in English. I tried to talk to anyone friendly to me. Slowly, I started to understand better. I now can write a post in English.
Every immigrant has a lot of stories to tell. If you meet one of them, maybe you should ask them to tell their stories. I am sure many of them have great stories to tell.