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Based on self-determination theory the study seeks to examine influence of teacher autonomy support, structure and relatedness support on amotivation of middle school students. This correlational study based in Indian subcontinent establishes that all three dimensions of teacher support (i.e., teacher autonomy, teacher structure and teacher relatedness support) reduces amotivation however teacher structure have the strongest influence. No gender and age differences were reported for the study. Study highlights the importance of reverse side of motivation (amotivation) and predicates that teacher support is essential not only in increasing motivation but also in reducing amotivation. Training teachers is necessary to increase their ability of providing autonomy support, structure and relatedness support.

Communication is an expression of our attitudes, thoughts and beliefs and through communication we can interact with the environment around us. Communication is necessary in many aspects of human life- one of such aspect is teaching-learning process. Both teachers and students should understand each other’s minds and thoughts for achieving learning outcomes successfully. Communication can be verbal or nonverbal and it is required in every classroom, be it primary grade or any professional course. This paper tries to focus on classroom communication in teacher training course and sheds light upon it from the standpoint of Flanders’ Interaction Analysis Categories System (FIACS). The paper also shows how communication can be continued in teacher training course with help of an example.