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List of English Speaking Countries
Antigua Australia Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Barbuda Belize Bermuda Botswana Canada (except Quebec) Commonwealth Caribbean Dominica Fiji Ghana Grand Cayman Islands Grenada Guyana Irish Republic Jamaica Kenya Lesotho	Liberia Malawi New Zealand Nigeria Papua New Guinea Sierra Leone Singapore South Africa (If Afrikaans is not native language) St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent & Grenadines Swaziland Tanzania Tobago Trinidad Uganda United Kingdom United States Virgin Islands Zambia Zimbabwe Last updated November 2, 2005
This is a list of countries for which English may be a native language. However, it is quite possible that individuals from countries on this list may not be native speakers of English. If you are considering a graduate student for a teaching assistantship that involves the direct instruction of undergraduate students, they need to be certified in oral English proficiency by the OEPT, TOEFL iBT, or IELTS, unless they 1) are natives of the countries listed above and 2) grew up speaking English in their home.

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Oral English Proficiency Program
155 S. Grant Street
810 Young Hall
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108

765-494-9380

oepp@purdue.edu