按照www.shiefffield.ac.uk所载，英国政府认定有以下英语国家，显然并不是都先进。其实他自己用韩语做例子，已经因为韩国和朝鲜的存在否定了他自己的观点。

Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
The Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Canada*
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Ireland
Jamaica
New Zealand
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom
United States of America

Canada has * because one province, Québec, is majority francophone.