The same questions were used for both the pre-test and the post-test. Some listening research takes
the position that using the same test does not affect the end result if correct answers are not given to the students
at any time and there is a suitable time interval between the initial and later tests (Takahahi, Suzuki,
& Takefuta, 2003). Even though the tests used here were not listening tests and the students studied 50%
of the test questions in the review sessions, the same questions were used for the post-test for the following
reasons: