The following are shortened English names - what's the full-length version?
Freddie
Ant
Sue
Fran
Marg
Joe
Jen
Art
Nick
Kim
Theo
Lizzy
Jake
Are there any variations of these names?
What culture or language do these names come from? Is it male or female or unisex?
Emilio
Mala
Antonio
Tane
Margaret
Theo
Hassan
Sebastian
Joe
So Yun
Jae Hoon
Saskia
Marama
Pierre
John
Yumiko
Emma
Faiaaz
Josh
Ethan
Francisco
Questions:
1. Do you like your own first name? How about your surname?
2. Is their any special reason you were given your first name?
3. Do you have a middle name? What is it?
3. Do easily forget other people's names?
4. Do you struggle to pronounce some names?
which of these do you find hard or are unsure of?
Josephine Rebecca Gabrielle Olivia Patricia Barbara
5. What can people tell about someone from their name?
1. Faiaaz arrived in New Zealand recently
2. Faiaaz worked for a while in a petrol station
3. Faiaaz comes from a hospitality background
4. It was Faiaaz's own idea to change his name
5.Faiaaz's friends now call him Frank
Discuss the video, what do you think of Faaiaz's decision? Can you relate to his situation. Have you changed or altered your name for some reason? Why?
Reading Part 1 - first and last
Place the words in the first and last gaps
do Faiaaz Faiaaz industry happen He One Indian arrived Frank Whether CVs If
______ migrant Faiaaz Contractor, 42, went from being a petrol pump attendant to financial business development manager - and he believes it is all because he changed his name to _____.
______, who moved to New Zealand from Gujarat in 2003, came from a finance background but managed to get work only as a petrol pump attendant when he first ______.
"______ of my friends suggested changing my name and I decided on using Frank instead on my _____," he said.
"________ it's coincidence or not I started getting a better response, and eventually got back into the finance _______."
______ yesterday started his first day of work as ANZ's business development manager.
_______ said migrants couldn't expect things to "fall into our laps" when moving to a new country, and had to "make things_______".
"_____ it means making a few changes, like changing your name, than I guess it is something you've got to _____," he said.
Discuss:
1. Does this say something about attitudes to cultural difference in New Zealand?
2. Do immigrants to your country change their names to get ahead?
3. Is there anything wrong with it?
Reading Part 2 - verbs
An AUT University study by Professor of Diversity Edwina Pio found migrants are changing names to sound / seem more Kiwi to increase their chances of finding employment. It received / gained mixed responses from employers about whether they would employ people with foreign-sounding names. But it proved / found migrants are changing names to sound more Kiwi to increase / decrease their chances at finding employment - and many are often happy to do this.
Pio's report "Name changers as game changers" found name changing started / served as a "vehicle for changing the rules" in business and society, and facilitated / created life choices on how these people wanted to live their lives.
"Individuals change their name when they emigrate / immigrate as it gives them an opportunity to obtain / fashion a new persona for themselves, their families and their employment and business prospects," Pio said.
"It may be that name changing is an attempt to avoid a unidimensional lens on immigrants and to nudge / force employers and organisations to reconfigure / avoid inclusive practices for and at work."
Reading part 3 - verbs
The study indvolve face-to-face interviews with 20 participants, cstingonsi of employees and employers, and conversations with 70 across New Zealand.
The research asked: "How do names of individuals iflncueen access to work in organisations."
"Three interwoven themes ruecr, first name changing filitaactes escaping and avoiding ethnic or religious persecution," Pio said.
"Secondly, it nalsigs cultural integration to employers and organisations ... and the third highghlits how name changers may opadt a fluid style to irantect with their receiving country's organisational and managerial practices and to navigate complex community tensions based on their 'new' name."
One respondent, an employer, said: "Actually a name which smacks of Islam ncotenos terrorism ... unfortunately ... but that's the way the cookie blecrums."
A Muslim immigrant participant said he had stopped using his Islamic name Muhammad.
"It is best not to use the name Muhammad as that seems to atcree fear and unfortunately rejection for employment," the respondent said.
"I have ppedsto putting the M name in any correspondence, instead I use my second name."
Discuss:
Is it true that names like Muhammad create fear outside of muslim society?
What would you do if your name created fear in a new society?
Reading part 4 - word form
Carol Brown, chief executive of DIVERSE consultancy Diversitas, said the reluctance of employers to hire people with foreign names was a result of an affinity bias.
"I don't find New Zealand to be PARTICULAR racist, but I do find there is an CONSCIOUS bias among many employers," Brown said.
"They'd HIRAGE people with names that are more familiar because they feel they can understand that person better...often it's very ARBITRATE , and even not being able to PRONUNCIATION someone's name means they'll be rejected."
Brown said people who ANGLICAN their names often get through that first hurdle of finding EMPLOY .
"We are all AFFECTION by our own affinity bias, and this happens in WHICH country you go to and you are the MINOR ," she said.
Try to pronounce these names of famous NZ ruby players:
Waisake Naholo - Wing
Malakai Fekitoa - Midfielder
Ma'a Nonu - Midfielder
Jerome Kaino - Loose Forward
Piri Weepu is one of rugby's most familiar faces, a World Cup-winning All Black and now a TV host. But when it comes to saying his name, some Kiwis do struggle.
He's now front and centre of the new campaign called 'Say My Name', in which players are asking fans to try a little harder.
Watch:
Say My Name
12 phrases
Could these things reduce your chances of getting a job in a foreign country?
Being really short or really tall
Having a strong accent
Being extremely handsome or beautiful
Being overqualified
Having a limp or a small handicap
Having a tattoo
Smiling a lot
Being effeminate (as a male)
Being masculine (as a female)
Being very quiet and polite
Having long hair (as a male)
Having a very different skin colour from most people - lighter or darker etc
Being larger, shorter, taller than average
Being outspoken
Being a bit 'different'
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