1. Copy one handout for each pair of students, and cut the sheets in two.

2. Put the students into pairs, and distribute a half handout to each individual student.

3. Begin by clarifying the word bureaucracy and take suggestions from students regarding the word's connotations. Focus students' attention on the instructions and emphasise students must discuss their opinions on the seven questions ion the call-outs.

4. Allow students around ten minutes or until the conversation dies down to discuss the seven questions on bureaucracy.

5. Finally, elicit responses from some of the students and draw to their attention any appropriate vocabulary or serious language mistakes.