Some Funny Examples of ESL Student English

"My country, Vietnam, is very behind other countries like the U.S. If I start to write about my country's behind, I will not have enough paper to finish!"

"It was wonderful when you smell the chicken wings flying around the yard."

"One of the foods I like is children soup."

"My mother is a ninety-four-year-old window. She is tall and thin. Her curly hair is all white, but often silly."

In a beginning level ESL class, the teacher was asking the students to describe each other. A Mexican guy was seated next to a large Russian woman in a vivid red coat. The teacher said, "Juan, how would you describe Sofia?" Juan said: "Mean and ugly."

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