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Welcome to week two of the CASLS Greatest Hits Challenge! Download your Greatest Hits Bingo card and play along.

This week’s Greatest Hits video is What is Human Communication? While all living beings communicate with each other, how humans communicate is distinct for a variety of reasons! Watch the video to discover eight qualities that differentiate human language from other types of communication.

Here’s how to play:

1. First, watch this week’s video.
2. Then take a minute to think about the eight reasons that mark human communication as different from other types of communication (arbitrariness, displacement, duality, productivity, prevarication, reflexivity, discreteness, and creativity). Choose one of the eight reasons, and then think of, or jot down, a few examples of the types of information this reason allows you to communicate.
3. Next, pull out your bingo card and explore this week’s activities. Complete one or complete all five - it’s up to you!

Choose from:
1. How to Use a Dictionary
2. Make a Word Map
3. Word Games
4. Connect Sounds and Written Language
5. Use Visuals to Help You Read

Remember, complete any five activities in a row (horizontal, vertical, and/or diagonal) to win!

When your card is completed, email us a copy of it info@uoregon.edu with “Greatest Hits Challenge” in the subject line, and we will mail you a prize!

Note: Educators, are you looking for a pre-made activity to go along this week's Bingo card videos? Find selected activities here: Do I Need to Use a Dictionary?, Connecting Sounds to Written Language