Replaying a difficult line immediately can turn recognition into an illusion. The words sound obvious on the second pass because the listener already knows where to look.
Before replaying, write down what the first pass actually produced. Keep three short fields.
Now replay the relevant section and compare. A word-level error suggests sound discrimination or connected-speech practice. A meaning error with mostly correct words points toward grammar, reference, or inference. Low confidence with a correct answer may still reveal a fragile process.
The 2025 National Paper 1 English practice includes listening, reading, and language-use material arranged in source order. The available practice contains 65 questions worth 110 auto-graded points. It excludes the source paper's writing Questions 66 and 67, so its result should not be described as a complete English-paper score.
Keep the first-pass note even after the answer is corrected. It preserves the evidence that existed before the replay changed the listener's expectations. Over several sessions, the notes can show whether errors cluster around numbers, speaker attitude, reduced forms, or references across sentences.
Replay remains useful. It becomes more useful when it tests a recorded hypothesis instead of erasing the uncertainty that made the replay necessary.