Milk Balls (Asia)

Vocational Course	Culinary Art
Subject / Module	World cuisine (workshop practice)
Formative Unit	International cuisine
Topic	Milk Balls (Asia)

Teaching Objectives and Learning Outcomes

Lesson Objectives	Description
Learning Outcomes	– develop the 4 CLIL language skills in a culinary setting: speaking, listening, reading and writing – connect international cooking history to that of milk balls – build vocational skills and conventions in a foreign language
Job Related Skills	– describe organoleptic characteristics of Milk balls – use professional terminology in recipes
Content Aims	– recognize and select culinary vocabulary in English to be able to read culinary recipes – explain troubleshooting methods to avoid side effects in the process of cooking Milk balls
Communication Aims	– train peer communication during team work and activities in small groups – foster a variety of ‘soft skills’ – listen and give proper feedback
Critical Thinking Aims	– specify physical and sensory product properties of different types of Milk – think and explain in simple steps Milk balls cooking steps
Culture Aims	– respect different food traditions – raise awareness of the food choices and habits of different cultures of learners in the class, as well as in the wider world.

Lesson Procedure

Lesson Stage	Activity	Timing
1. Lead-in	1. Warmer: Small talks: What are you? What are your career goals? The students work in dyads; they share a very brief information about their future occupation – food technology. 2. The teacher introduces the main ingredient of the lesson – MILK and demonstrates Realia: a carton of milk, a jar of milk, a can of milk and a packet of milk. The students label the types of cow milk presented on the desktop: – Whole – Condensed – Pasteurized – Powdered 3. The teacher trains pronunciation of the given terminology. To boost students’ associative thinking ask them to name manufactured products /culinary dishes that contain cow milk and guess the type of milk for the lesson’s specialty. HOUT 1	15 min
2. Learning through doing	4. Introduce the dish to be cooked during the lesson. The students watch the Video about MILK BALLS and do the tasks. HOUT 2 Ask the students to restore the missing information in a Technological Card (ingredients). HOUT 3 5. Students prepare the MISE EN PLACE and start cooking Milk Balls, using the information obtained. The teacher observes the process, gives the necessary remarks and encourages the use of English when cooking	80 min
3. Degustation	Students perform organoleptic evaluation of their Milk Balls samples: appearance, aroma, taste, and texture. Organoleptic evaluation begins with an external inspection of the students’ Milk Balls samples HOUT 4	15 min
4. Wrap-up	Reflection: Can-do-statements. HOUT 5 Reflection Questions (Bloom’s Taxonomy) HOUT 6	10 min

Teaching Methods and Techniques

Brainstorming
Matching and pictographs
Video analysis
Recipe deconstruction
Practical cooking task
Cultural comparison
Peer reflection and self-assessment

Answers to the Tasks in the HOUTs

Supplementary Material

• 1. Milk Balls Recipe | 5 Minute sweet Recipes. (n.d.). #milkballs #milkballsrecipe #5minutesweetrecipe [Відео]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El0EUN6kelM
• 2. Nino’s Home. (2023, January 30). Milk Balls Dessert in 5 Minutes [Only 2 Ingredient] – How To Make Milk Balls Dessert in 5 Minutes so easy Recipe [ASMR] [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcuZpyy5cLg
• 3. Easy Gulab Jamun Recipe | Sweet Milk Powder Dessert [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCdxhvl17uU
• 4. Swasthi. (n.d.). Gulab Jamun recipe using milk powder. Indian Healthy Recipes. https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/gulab-jamun-recipe-using-milk-powder/