Activity 3

Learning Style Questionnaire

The modality (learning channel preference) questionnaire reproduced here is by O’Brien (1985).
To complete, read each sentence carefully and consider if it applies to you. Indicate how often
the situation applies to you according to the chart below by writing the corresponding number on
the space provided before each item. Please respond to all questions.

1 2 3
Never applies to me. Sometimes applies to me. Often applies to me.

SECTION ONE:

_____I enjoy doodling and even my notes have lots of pictures and arrows in them.

_____I remember something better if I write it down.

_____I get lost or am late if someone tells me how to get to a new place, and I don’t write
down the directions.

_____When trying to remember someone’s telephone number, or something new like that, it
helps me to get a picture of it in my mind.

_____If I am taking a test, I can “see” the textbook page and where the answer is located.

_____It helps me to look at the person while listening; it keeps me focused.

_____Using flashcards helps me to retain material for tests.

_____It’s hard for me to understand what a person is saying when there are people talking or
music playing.

_____It’s hard for me to understand a joke when someone tells me.

_____It is better for me to get work done in a quiet place.

Total______
SECTION TWO:

_____ My written work doesn’t look neat to me. My papers have crossed-out words and
erasures.

_____ It helps to use my finger as a pointer when reading to keep my place.

_____ Papers with very small print, blotchy dittos or poor copies are tough on me.

_____ I understand how to do something if someone tells me, rather than having to read the
same thing to myself.

_____ I remember things that I hear, rather than things that I see or read.

_____ Writing is tiring. I press down too hard with my pen or pencil.

_____ My eyes get tired fast, even though the eye doctor says that my eyes are ok.

_____ When I read, I mix up words that look alike, such as “them” and “then,” “bad” and
“dad.”

_____ It’s hard for me to read other people’s handwriting.

_____ If I had the choice to learn new information through a lecture or textbook, I would
choose to hear it rather than read it.

Total_____

SECTION THREE:

_____ I don’t like to read directions; I’d rather just start doing.

_____ I learn best when I am shown how to do something, and I have the opportunity to do it

_____ Studying at a desk is not for me.

_____ I tend to solve problems through a more trial-and-error approach, rather than from a
step-by-step method.

_____ Before I follow directions, it helps me to see someone else do it first.

 _____ I find myself needing frequent breaks while studying.

_____ I am not skilled in giving verbal explanations or directions.

_____ I do not become easily lost, even in strange surroundings.

_____ I think better when I have the freedom to move around.

_____ When I can’t think of a specific word, I’ll use my hands a lot and call something a
“what-cha-ma-call-it” or a “thing-a-ma-jig.”

Total______

SCORING:

Now, add up the scores in all three sections and record them below. The maximum score in
every section is 30 and the minimum score is 10. Note the preference next to each section.

Section One score: _____(Visual)

Section Two score: ______(Auditory)

Section Three score: ______(Kinesthetic)

https://www.stetson.edu/administration/academicsuccess/media/Learning%20Style%20Questionnaire.docx.

Answer the following questions:

1. Do you agree with the results of your learning style test? Why or why not?
2. Refer to your responses in the activity. Do your answers tell something about your
learning preference?
A Multiple Intelligences Checklist

The following Multiple Intelligences Checklist for EFL students is adapted from an article
by Mary Ann Christison published in the MEXTESOL (Mexican branch of the American
Teachers Of English To Speakers Of Other Languages) Journal. When the original
article was published, only seven intelligence types had been identified. More recently,
the naturalist intelligence has been added to the list and the checklist has been rewritten
to take this into account.

Rank each statement 0, 1, or 2. Write 0 if you disagree with the statement and write 2 if
you strongly agree. Write 1 if you are somewhere in between. Then calculate your score
for each intelligence type.

Interpersonal Intelligence Intrapersonal Intelligence

a. ___ I’m often the leader in activities a. ___ I go to the cinema alone

b. ___ I enjoy talking to my friends b. ___ I go to the library alone to study

c. ___ I often help my friends c. ___ I can tell you some things I’m good at
doing
d. ___ My friends often talk to me about
their problems d. ___ I like to spend time alone

e. ___ I’ve got a lot of friends e. ___ My friends find some of my actions
strange sometimes
f. ___ I’m a member of several clubs
f. ___ I learn from my mistakes

_____________
______ TOTAL FOR INTRAPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE
TOTAL FOR INTERPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE
Logical - Mathematical Intelligence Linguistic Intelligence

a. ___ I like to read books, magazines and

newspapers
a. ___ I often do calculations in my head
b. ___ I consider myself a good reader
b. ___ I like to put things into categories c. ___ I like to tell jokes and Stories

c. ___ I'm good at chess and/or draughts d. ___ I can remember people's names
easily
d. ___ I like to play number games
e. ___ I like to recite tongue twisters
e. ___ I love to play around with Computers
f. ___ I have a good vocabulary in my native
f. ___ I ask lots of questions about how language
things work

______ TOTAL FOR LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCE

______ TOTAL FOR LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL
INTELLIGENCE
Bodily - Kinesthetic Intelligence Spatial Intelligence

a.___ It's hard for me to sit quietly for a long time a. ___ I can read maps easily

b.___ It's easy for me to copy exactly what other b. ___ I enjoy art activities
people do
c. ___ I can draw well
c.___ I'm good at sewing, woodwork, building or
mechanics d. ___ Videos and slides really help me to
learn new Information
d.___ I'm good at Sports
e. ___ I love books with pictures
e.___ I enjoy working with my hands - working with
clay or model making, for example f. ___ I enjoy putting puzzles together

f.___ I enjoy physical exercise

______ TOTAL FOR SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE

______ TOTAL FOR BODILY-KINAESTHETIC INTELLIGENCE

Musical Intelligence Naturalist Intelligence

a. ___ I can hum the tunes to lots of songs a.___ I spend a lot of time outdoors

b. ___ I’m a good singer b.___ I enjoy listening to the sounds

created in the natural world
 c. ___ I play a musical instrument or sing in birdsong, for example
a choir
c.___ I can identify plant life and animal
d. ___ I can tell when music sounds off-key species

e. ___ I often tap rhythmically on the table d.___ I can distinguish between poisonous
or desk and non-poisonous

f. ___ I often sing songs snakes and/or between poisonous

and edible mushrooms

e.___ I enjoy observing plants and/or

______ TOTAL FOR MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE collecting rocks

f.___ I’ve got green fingers - I keep pot plants at home

and have an interest in gardening.

_____ TOTAL FOR NATURALIST INTELLIGENCE

http://romel.staff.gunadarma.ac.id/Downloads/files/9724/Copy+of+MutipleIntelligencesCheck.doc.

Answer the following questions:

1. Do you agree with the results of your multiple intelligence test? Why or why not?

2. Now that you were able to identify your dominant type of intelligence. How are you going to
maximize the type of intelligence you possess for you to develop as a learner?