What is the impact of having an unusual name on a person’s employment prospects?
Explore how an unusual name can affect a person’s life and employment prospects both in a negative and positive way.
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- A1
- A2
- Adults
- adults
- advanced
- Advanced
- African names
- anglicised words
- B1
- B2
- C1
- C2
- discrimination
- elementary
- Elementary
- employment
- Group Work
- heritage
- Integrated Skills
- Intermediate
- intermediate
- name meanings
- News Lessons
- news lessons
- Nigerian names
- Pair Work
- Pre-Intermediate
- prejucice
- Reading
- respect
- the guardian
- unusual names
- Up to 90 mins
- Upper-Intermediate
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