This document summarizes a study that aims to evaluate the intelligibility of pre-intermediate English students according to native English teachers, non-native English teachers, and native English speakers who are not teachers. The study will use a qualitative descriptive approach and analyze survey results quantitatively. It hypothesizes that non-native teachers will be more tolerant than native teachers and native non-teachers in evaluating students' intelligibility. Variables that could impact intelligibility include mother tongue, teacher nativeness, and cultural, social, and economic factors.

1. Is the single most
important aspect of all
communication. If there
is no intelligibility,
communication has
failed.

2. •Problems making themselves intelligible when
spoken English
•Fail to understand the message conveyed by
speech or to pronounce English intelligibly.

3. A study of Intelligibility

4. Title
Intelligibility level of pre-
intermediate students of English
major at the UQROO according to
native and non-native teachers and
natives that are not teachers.

5. Supervisor
Dr. Edith Hernandez Mendez.
Professor and researcher of UQROO
Type of research
Descriptive- qualitative

6. This study will have a qualitative approach
because we will use the data collection for a
better understanding of the phenomenon.
We will use a bit of a quantitative approach to
analyze the survey results that we are going to
apply.
•5 students (different levels of intelligibility)
•3 native teachers
•3 nonnative teachers
•3 native (no teachers)

7. Objective (s)
•To identify which variables affect the intelligibility
of the intermediate students of English Language
major at the University of Quintana Roo.
•How native and non-native teachers evaluate the
intelligibility. (linguistic task)
•To know if being a teacher is affecting the way to
evaluate intelligibility

8. Hyphotesis or Research Questions
Non-native teachers are more tolerant than
native teachers and native that are not
teachers when evaluating the intelligibility of
pre-intermediate students of English major at
the University of Quintana Roo

9. Variables
•Mother tongue
•Native or non-native teachers
•Cultural, social and economic factors