In Flanders Interaction Analysis Categories (FIAC) which of the following are related to Indirect Teacher Talk (ITT)

a) Lecturing

b) Giving directions

c) Acceptance of feelings

d) Criticizing or justifying authority by the teacher

e) Praising or encouraging

f) Using student ideas in his/her talk by the teacher

Select the correct answer from the following options.

Flanders Interaction Analysis Categories System (FIACS)

• This (FIACS) technique was developed by Dr. Ned A. Flander.
• It is an observation technique that records classroom interaction in ten categories.
• This system measures only the verbal behavior of teachers.
• Interaction analysis is primarily concerned with analyzing the influence patterns of the teacher and distinguishes those acts of the teacher which increases pupils' freedom of action from those acts that decrease it.

Description of Categories:

In the Flanders ten category system, all the events that occur in the classroom are classified into three major sections:

1. Teacher-talk, 
2. Student-talk,
3. Silence or confusion.

These sections are subdivided in order to make the total pattern of teacher pupil interaction more meaningful.

1) Teacher talk is divided into two sub-heads viz., indirect influence, and direct influence.

1. Indirect influence consists of four observation categories :
   1. accepting feeling; 
   2. praising or encouraging;
   3. accepting ideas, and 
   4. asking questions.
2. Direct influence is divided into three categories;
   1. lecturing 
   2. giving directions,
   3. criticizing or justifying authority.

2) Student talk consists of only two categories;

1. responding to teacher, and 
2. initiating talk, and

3) the last category which is silence or confusion used to handle anything else that is not the teacher or student talk.

Hence, In Flanders Interaction Analysis Categories (FIAC) 

• Acceptance of feelings
• Praising or encouraging
• Using student ideas in his/her talk by the teacher

These are related to Indirect Teacher Talk (ITT)