Here is an example of a competition game without decreasing participation.  Those who are not winning can still participate in this kind of a game. This method and other entire class participatory methods are highly encouraged for great fun and learning.  (Side note: Some experts may go as far as to suggest that games without any competition and/or losers are even more practical or useful when implementing ESL/EFL games for young learners.)

Sunday 4:30 to 5:30, Aug. 25th, 2007 - Higashi Onohara, Minoh OSAKA.  This was just after the holidays so we were all a little bit more relaxed.  No potluck photos in this episode but you can see some in the previous event episodes when Diane came to Japan in the spring of 2007.  We have been losing talented expatriates but increasing with locals.  Hopefully we will be a mixed congregation of not just "internationals" as we have been, but grow to an equal number of Japanese participants (half and half) one day.   This is an inter-denominational church that was set up 12 years ago for the expatriates in the northern Osaka region  (Hokusetsu Area) as there are many universities around for foreigners.  Often we have a dozen different nationalities participate within the same service.  Everything is in English with some Japanese translation. All are welcome... come and join us!

Use chants from the textbook lessons or make up your own and add your own rhythm.

Another vocabulary building game ( ^.^)(^.^ )

Use this for increasing vocabulary and increasing competition. <br>
This game can be modified in difficulty to adapt to any level.

Obon is a festival during summertime to commemorate the deceased ancestor. Obon week in mid August is one of Japan's three major holiday seasons.

Best illustration ever told. Simple and sure! By Andrew Miller at Christ of All Nations (CoAN)

Maybe you do a similar game without teams and this can be fun too.  The team element, especially in all girl classes, increases the desire for perfection in articulation.  Either way, these games increase student motivation and language learning.

Forgot to mention here that if the players have a rock, paper, scissors TIE MATCH then only the phrase 1, 2, 3 needs to be repeated.  This element introduces chance and it is just another fun way to make ESL/EFL learning more interesting for young learners.