'valencia Apple Kiwi' - VAK, An Introductory Enquiry

1. If I go to a music program:

I keep watching the musicians and others on the stage

I listen to the songs by words and beats

I move in rhythm with the music or feel the emotions the music stirs

2. Which of the following do you like the most?

Reading a story or my favourite book, flipping through the pages in a picture book, imagining a nice view from a trip or figuring out how best to draw a picture

Listing to an audio story, talking to my friends over the phone, remembering the words of my teacher or friend that made us all laugh

Getting wet in the rain, enjoying the cool breeze, cuddling up under the blanket, allowing the rays of the morning sun fall on me or having a cup of hot drink looking at the morning sun or similar

3. After the school or on an off-day, what would you do?

Look through picture-books, do a painting or drawing, watch the sky or bring back memories as in pictures or videos

Talk to my parents or friends, listen to the Radio, or a story read aloud

Play, do something hands-on or otherwise get physically active

4. When I need to travel to an unknown place, I usually find the way by:

Looking at the map, sketching the way on a piece of paper etc

Asking someone to tell me how to get there

Following my nose, exploring or by taking clues from the sun, landmarks etc

5. Which is truest about you ?

I carry the voice of my teacher in my head. I can recollect it from memory

I remember my teacher's expressions, gestures etc or the charts and pictures she showed

I remember the emotions and actions of the teacher and what we did in class

6. Choose the one that is most like you.

If I don't see the teacher, I can't follow what she says

I can follow the teacher by listening to her

I feel bored sitting still. I need to do something always

7. You want to say what a friend told you was "good". What are you likely to say :

Sounds good

Looks good

Feels good

8. Which of the following would you like most?

I like questions that ask me to draw pictures

I like to say answers out loud or discuss them with a friend

I like to show my understanding by making models or doing projects

9. Read through the three columns below. Each column mentions a set of qualities. Glance through and determine which column is less like you. Take your time and read carefully. Whenever you see words in red, pay special attention to those words. You many take the help of an adult to understand the question if required. But the answer should never be influenced by any one else. For each question, choose a response that best describes you. Do not think too much. Your first feeling is what you should go by. Once sure, make your choices against the question numbers. Now state how sure you are about the choice you have made. To do this, choose one of the alternatives given. The column that describes your qualities to the least is :

I am least like A : (Column1)

I am least like B : (Column2)

I am least like C : (Column3)

10. How do you learn to operate a new gadget, equipment or game?

I look carefully at it, the illustrated cover-box or the manual if it is illustrated

I would listen to someone who has used it before

I go ahead, explore and figure it out as I use it

11. Which of the following would describe you in the class?

I sit close to the teacher and the board and keep watching the teacher

I sit where I can hear the teacher and the audio being played

Sitting in the class is boring. I therefore scribble something, think of a way to go out or pinch my neighbour or stamp on his/ her foot and pretend innocence

12. Think about one of the following (i to iii) or similar: (i) your first train journey, (ii) your first air travel, (iii) your first classroom/ car. What comes into your mind first when you think about these? (Note: If unsure, try to recollect what came into your memory first)

Images, scenes or pictures

Sounds and voice

What you did or the emotional reactions of others or yours

13. When I am stressed or anxious :

I visualise or seem to see images of what it is going to be or what it was

Talk over in my head, converse with me or murmur

Can’t sit still, become restless, move around, tap the desk or clench my fist

14. To learn a new skill, I prefer to:

Watch how the teacher does it

Talk with the teacher what exactly I’m supposed to do

Give it a try myself and work it out as I go

15. What would you prefer to do when free?

Look through a picture book or paint or draw a picture

Listen to a sing or a pre-recorded conversation

Do something physically, think up a story or go to a picnic spot

16. When I meet a friend after long:

I say “how nice to see you!”

I say “it’s great to hear your voice again!”

I give him or her a hug or a warm long handshake

17. I find it easiest to remember:

Faces

Names

Things a person usually does (like movements, gestures and actions)

18. I feel quickly connected to people I meet, based on:

How they look and dress

What they say to me

How they make me feel or what they do in the first few minutes

19. Read through the three columns below. Each column mentions a set of qualities. Glance through and determine which column is more like you. Take your time and read carefully. Whenever you see words in red, pay special attention to those words. You many take the help of an adult to understand the question if required. But the answer should never be influenced by any one else. For each question, choose a response that best describes you. Do not think too much. Your first feeling is what you should go by. Once sure, make your choices against the question numbers. Now state how sure you are about the choice you have made. To do this, choose one of the alternatives given. The column that describes your qualities to the best is :

I am more like A: (Column 1)

I am more like B: (Column 2)

I am more like C: (Column 3)

20. Your English teacher is absent. The class-teacher gives you three options. Which one would you choose?

Watch a video but it has no sound

Listen to the dialogues in the video but you will not be shown the visuals

Go out and do some work or attend dance class

21. You are at a restaurant. To choose what to order:

I imagine what the food will look like or see the photographs on the menu card

I talk through the options in my head, with my partner or the waiter

Imagine what the food will taste like

22. When I meet new people, what I tend to notice closely is:

The way they look, their dress, its colour etc

The way they sound, speak and respond verbally

Their gestures, actions and their behaviour

23. Given the freedom, where would you sit in the class?

In the front where I can see the teacher

Where I can hear the teacher well and see the teacher occasionally

At the back where the teacher won't see what I am doing

24. My clue to remember something is usually:

A picture, an image, colourful letters or a scene

A sound, a key word spoken or the voice of someone

A gesture, the physical response of someone, a feeling or an activity

25. What kind of a holidays are you fond of?

Holidays in scenic places or where you have a lot to see, photograph or draw

Holidays to listen to birds, stories or music or chat with friends and family

Holidays playing with friends, family or others, doing things and keeping busy physically

26. If I am to teach my friends, I :

Will teach by drawing, sketching, writing or showing

Will teach by talking, discussing or explaining

Will teach by demonstrating or guiding them have a go

27. I remember things best by:

Scribbling notes in detail or studying printed notes along with graphs or pictures

Saying them aloud or in my head, repeating key words or fixing what others spoke

Doing and practising the activity, imagining it being done or feeling through it

28. Generally, I wish to :

Watch how something is done

Listen to someone explain or discuss how it is done

Have a go and explore how it is done

29. To me, boredom is best handled by:

Sketching a scene or incident, looking at paintings, thinking of a colourful dress or drawing a picture in the mind

Singing aloud, listening to someone sing, read aloud or talking to others

Tidying up the room, playing a computer-game or going for a walk

30. Read through the three columns below. Each column mentions a set of qualities. Quickly glance through and determine which column is more like your child and which one is less like your child ( ie. identify the column that describes the qualities of your child to the best and to the least. Do not think too much. Your first feeling is what you should go by. Once sure, make your choices against the question numbers. Now state how sure you are about the choice you have made. To do this, choose one of the alternatives given.

My Child is more like : A (Column 1)

My Child is more like : B (Column 2)

My Child is more like : C (Column 3)

31. You bought a bag online. It was torn and the zip was not closing. You need to raise a complaint. What would you be most comfortable to do:

Write a letter

Call the supplier over the phone and express your anger

Return the defective bag immediately, talk about the irresponsible behaviour of the supplier on the social media or talk to people about it

32. When I buy new clothes, I :

Imagine or visualise how it would look on me or someone else

Discuss with the sales staff or others how it would look on me or someone

Try them on or imagine how I would feel inside them

33. When I go back in memory, what comes to mind first is:

Images and pictures from things in the past

Sounds and voices or my speaking or being spoken to

The feel of what I did or what someone else did or felt

34. Read through the three columns below. Each column mentions a set of qualities. Quickly glance through and determine which column is more like your child ( ie. identify the column that describes the qualities of your child to the best). Do not think too much. Your first feeling is what you should go by. Once sure, make your choices against the question numbers. Now state how sure you are about the choice you have made. To do this, choose one of the alternatives given:

My Child is least like : A (Column 1)

My Child is least like : B (Column 2)

My Child is least like : C (Column 3)