Frequently Asked Questions

“A person who learns or processes information by spoken rather than literate means. Some oral communicators are so out of necessity because they cannot read or read with understanding. Other oral communicators can read with understanding and write, but they prefer non-print forms of communication. An Oral Learner is person whose mental framework is primarily influenced by spoken rather than literate forms of communication and who therefore learns primarily or exclusively by speech, song, etc.” -Orality.net.

“Often used interchangeably with “mother tongue,” it refers to the language that people use for intimate matters at home and within their ethnic group. It is the preferred term for referring to signed languages,” -StoryTogether.

Around 2,000 people groups have a definite translation need. This means that “about 80 percent of the Unengaged, Unreached People Groups have little or no Scripture,” -OneStory.

80% of the World’s population are oral learners. For these oral learners, they are functionally without a Bible that speaks to them if the Scripture is not communicated to them in an oral format.

Scripture Access means bringing the Bible in the right language, in the right format, at the right time to people previously without access to it.

“To shape biblical stories for effective spoken communication when working across languages. ‘Craft’ is used in lieu of ‘translate’ because crafting may at times be more free than translation. For example, crafting may allow for making implicit biblical information explicit, turning indirect discourse into direct address, and combining information from parallel biblical accounts into a single biblical story.Storycrafters are people who carefully determine how to tell biblical stories in their heart language and cultural storytelling style.” -StoryTogether.