Abstract

MADDALENA, Tania Lucía  and  PAVON, Ana Sevilla. USS Callister: fictional universes and languages learning. Rev. Diálogo Educ. [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.62, pp.970-986.  Epub Jan 30, 2020. ISSN 1981-416X.  https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416x.19.062.ds03.

This article is based on a theoretical reflection inspired by the chapter USS Callister, from the fourth season of the Netflix Black Mirror series. From this episode, we intend to understand the educational possibilities of creating fictional universes with the use of the digital storytelling methodology for foreign languages learning. A pedagogical experience is presented in which 40 students of the degree in Aerospace Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, created digital stories in their technical English class throughout a semester. Creative writing, as well as linguistic, interpersonal and digital literacy were among the main competences developed by the students during the project. The result was the creative authorship of digital stories of up to 4 minutes in length, where the universe, spacecraft and intergalactic missions served as motivation for learning technical English.

Keywords : Fictional universes; Digital Storytelling; Competences; Language learning; Technical English.

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