Why are there only English bookstores in Guiyang?

Foreign language bookstore, we can understand this term in this way: places where books, languages, audio-visual and cultural-related articles of other nationalities other than our own are circulated, managed and read are generally distinguished by nationality and country. In this case, according to the country, foreign language bookstores in Guiyang deal in books, languages, audio-visual and cultural articles from other countries except China. This is the basic understanding of foreign language bookstores by ordinary people, and it is also the essential difference between foreign language bookstores and other bookstores.

I am a person who doesn't like learning foreign languages. After mastering my mother tongue and Chinese, I don't want to learn a third language, so I lived in Guiyang for five or six years. I only heard of foreign language bookstores, but I haven't been there. I accidentally entered a foreign language bookstore in Guiyang one day. In fact, I didn't know there were several foreign language bookstores in Guiyang, but I'm sure this one I entered must be the largest foreign language bookstore in Guiyang, which can be seen from the book collection and the flow of people in the bookstore. After I went in and walked around, I found that the bookstore was full of English books (translated from Chinese into English, of course), and I couldn't find books in other languages besides English, such as Japanese, French, German, Russian and Spanish. Perhaps this is a normal phenomenon in the eyes of others, but I can't figure out how an English bookstore has become a foreign language bookstore. If it is a foreign language bookstore, books in at least two or more national languages (except the national language) can be called a foreign language bookstore.

1, people's misunderstanding of economic globalization. Many people think that economic globalization means economic Americanization or economic Britannization, so we should learn English well in this objective environment to meet the needs of social development. Therefore, English should be regarded as more important than Mandarin, and English should be regarded as the entry standard for everything, such as employment, promotion, salary, capital, study, and even studying abroad. It is simply a standard to measure a person's work and ability in one language. Economic globalization is not Americanized or Britannized, but diversified, so in such a complicated environment, we have to learn not only American English, but also British English, but the languages and cultures of all countries in the world. Many people want their children to be English geniuses, and English is better than Chinese. Rich people will go to English-Chinese bilingual schools, ask famous teachers for advice, and even go abroad for further study.

2. The school's misunderstanding of the market. Diplomas and degrees in many colleges and universities are related to English. If they fail to pass Band 4, they will have no chance to get what they deserve. As a result, many people spend a lot of time studying English hard in colleges and universities, wasting their youth and neglecting their studies. As a result, more and more college students graduate from school with only a large number of certificates, but they can't do anything in society, which makes more people doubt what university professors are doing now, and the students trained are getting worse every year. In fact, who doesn't understand that there are too few people who can apply what they have learned in English to the society, and most people forget it completely after a few years of working, while the school clearly knows that most students are not interested in English or don't want to learn this course at all, but in order not to fail this course, in order to get a lecture, and in order to graduate from school smoothly, they throw it all away after leaving school. This is the fault of the school and the education system. You might as well not learn if you don't need it, but when you look back, how much of what you learned in college can be used?

3. Spoil the temptation of the big exam industry. A few days ago, someone said well, where are the hundreds of millions of exam fees every year? Nobody knows? I didn't know there were so many English exams in China every year, such as TOEFL, CET-4 and CET-6, professional title evaluation and so on. The examination fee ranges from tens to hundreds of yuan, with hundreds of thousands of people taking part and tens of millions of people taking part. Some take the exam once a year, and some take it several times a year. Counting, hundreds of millions of exam fees come out of thin air every year. As long as it involves further education, employment, job evaluation, etc. Anything related to the exam collection comes out, all for the exam, all for passing the exam, all for making ends meet. For these exams, publishers have tried their best to publish thousands of so-called treasures to cope with the exams. These treasures are given by experts and famous experts. I really can't figure out whether the experts in China have gone abroad for their holidays, but they haven't. They all went to study for the exam. I don't understand, what is life for? Students are studying exams, teachers are studying exams, parents are studying exams, and experts are also studying exams. It turns out that exams are also a science!

Foreign language bookstores in Guiyang are no exception. In addition to earth magazine, world famous books, reference books, textbooks, audio-visual materials, etc. , are all materials for preparing for the exam. After a brief look, the materials of these exams are also selling well in bookstores. Sometimes, I see several people with glasses buy a book and leave, and even see students and parents go to the bookstore to consult a training class.

Why did the foreign language bookstore in Guiyang become an English bookstore? I think, in addition to the institutional factors mentioned above, it is also very important that a distorted value system is affecting people. In fact, there are many languages in the world, all of which have their own unique characteristics and unusual cultural connotations. They are all an indispensable part of the world cultural forest. Our national language is also a good language. We should love and protect her, and don't blindly pursue English.