Shadowing Practice: Loreen - Crying Out Your Name - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Loreen - Crying Out Your Name”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: tonight, crying, drink, pain. This video has 29 sentences and 283 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:30. The speaker talks slowly, about 81 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| painful adjective | /ˈpeɪn.fl̩/ | Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. |
| submit verb | /səbˈmɪt/ | To yield or give way to another. |
| distress noun | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. |
| minibar noun | A small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay. | |
| shatter verb | /ˈʃætɚ/ | To violently break something into pieces. |
| cry verb | /kɹaɪ/ | To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness. |
| empty adjective | /ˈɛm(p).ti/ | Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant. |
| favourite adjective | /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/ | Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.) |
| mess noun | /mɛs/ | A thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation. |
| drink verb | /ˈdɹɪŋk/ | To consume (a liquid) through the mouth. |
| stupid adjective | /ˈstjuːpɪd/ | Lacking in intelligence. |
| dance noun | /dæns/ | A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. |
| defense noun | /ˈdiːˌfɛns/ | The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury. |
| wonder noun | /ˈwʌndɚ/ | A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise… |
| alive adjective | /əˈlaɪv/ | Having life; living; not dead. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. |
| go up verb | To move upwards. |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 25 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like painful, submit, distress.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.