My spoken English sounds like a textbook ( need correction, thanks!) Please help check if this article sound too formal or too informal My friend said that my spoken English sounds like a textbook, because I am using some academic words and some even old-fashioned and not in use vocabulary. Some online friends recommend me a book called < word power made easy>. It is said that this book is very popular in Britain and America. Actually ,it consists of a lot of so-called words mentioned above. Now ,i am trying to correct this problem because i am not able to distinguish the old-fashioned words and academic words from colloquial words and modern words. Fortunately, i found a book called <Cambridge vocabulary in use> which helps me a lot.