Movie Paradise: Malta's Film Industry Boom
Grammar: Cause and effect language
A Business English English lesson exploring business.
What's in this lesson
A Business English ESL lesson on business, practising cause and effect language. The worksheet has a reading, target vocabulary and discussion questions.
From the reading: Movie Paradise: Malta's Film Industry Boom
What do Gladiator II, Jurassic World Rebirth, and a Guy Ritchie crime thriller have in common? They were all filmed in Malta — an archipelago in the Mediterranean barely larger than the city of Sheffield. Over the past decade, this microstate of fewer than 600,000 people has quietly engineered one of the most remarkable industrial transformations in European film-making, hosting a record 36 major productions in both 2023 and 2025.
Vocabulary
- for
- in
- out of
Discussion questions
- Have you ever noticed a film was shot somewhere unexpected?
- Should governments use public money to attract foreign film studios?
- What makes a location genuinely good for business tourism or production?
Movie Paradise: Malta's Film Industry Boom
Grammar: Cause and effect language
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