Culture & Language

Understand Correctly & Communicate Clearly

Knowing the culture and language enables you to accurately communicate the gospel to an unreached people group.

Culture and Language Are Bridges to Deep Relationships and a Clear Gospel

Discipleship requires communication at a deep level. Language fluency and cultural understanding takes time and effort which results in a clearly understood message.

Discover their World

The lens through which other cultures view the world is often very different than our own. How do you ensure you are communicating clearly? Learn how to:

Record Cultural Events
Discover, Analyze, and Interpret Worldviews
Understand Core Values & Beliefs

Discover the Language

How do you learn an unwritten language?

Learn how to:

Write Speech Phonetically
Develop an Alphabet
Create a Literacy Program
Discover and Use Indigenous Grammar

Prepare for Bible Translation

God’s Word isn’t a luxury for the church, it is the heartbeat. Without the Scriptures in their own language a new church will be unable to reach maturity.

Our Courses on Culture and Language

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Culture and Language

LI 301: Phonetics 1

In this course, students will learn the more prominent sounds found in languages throughout the world. They will learn to say these sounds through oral mimicry and production. They will learn to recognize these sounds and associate them with the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet by hearing and transcribing utterances phonetically. Phonetic theory will be learned through lecture, small groups, and reading as well as through homework assignments.

LI 325: CLA Theory and Methodology

This course exists to help each student effectively relate to and communicate with members of a specified group across linguistic and cultural barriers for the purpose of fulfilling the Great Commission. Students will become familiar with the overall CLA program and the key principles underpinning it. Students will have an opportunity to experience early-stage CLA with a fluent speaker of another language.

LI 327: Grammar

During a normal class day, the students will first be introduced to new grammatical theory and terminology. Then they will analyze foreign language words, phrases, and clauses that illustrate what they've just covered. One of the main goals is to prepare them for the fact that all languages are put together differently as they eventually learn one or more new languages. Approximately two thirds of the class is dedicated to practice.

LI 329: Form and Meaning

This course gives an in-depth explanation of the appropriate relationship between form and meaning in Bible translation. Along with educating all Ethnos360 candidates about Bible translation in Ethnos360, the material presented in this class provides a theoretical foundation for the following hands-on Bible translation class.