July 12, 2023
Volunteers from the Center for Language Science and Bilingualism Matters at Penn State participated in Children’s and Youth Day at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts where they shared information about language science research through various activities and games including ‘brain’-dough, multilingual face-painting, waveform name tags, and more.
August 25, 2023
CLS contributed to Penn State’s Ask A Scientist event at the Centre County Grange Fair. We used hands-on activities to spread the word about language science and linguistic diversity, and had the chance to interact with lots of folks from Central Pennsylvania and beyond!
September 30, 2023
CLS contributed to Penn State’s Haunted-U event at the University Park campus. We used fun activities, including creating name tags with the sound waves of our guests’ names, to spread the word about language science to Penn State students and families. We even had a guest perform a bird call for us to graph!
November 8, 2023
CLS contributed to Exploration-U event at the Bellefonte Area High School. We used fun activities to teach people about language science, including a guess-the-celebrity game that uses the International Phonetic Alphabet, and “name tags” that captured the sound of people’s voices.