Flanders’ system of interaction analysis (1970) is one of the most important models that have been widely used for the examination of the nature of the pedagogical discourse taking place between instructors and learners. This is due to the nature of such a quantitative analytical system that enables the researcher to measure the socio-emotional dimension embedded in teachers’ discourse, with the potential of targeting different educational levels. Therefore, this paper aims to shed light on the usability of the model in conducting quantitative studies on pathos, aside from the rest of the qualitative discourse studies prevalent in the literature. Also, the analysis of pathos-related patterns in the context of educational discourse did not receive the same attention as other discourse types, despite the presence of many emotional appeals in the speech patterns of teachers, which are used in endorsing the learners’ feelings and considering the social dimension of education. Since this paper is mainly concerned ...