The study is conducted to investigate the reality of practicing listening
skill of third-year majored English students at Dong Thap university basing on
the IELTS listening test format. The data of the study includes 2 kinds. Firstly,
there are 50 questionnaire sheets with 3 parts, including 9 questions for 50
students. The questionnaire was delivered to find information and attitude
about the self-study of third-year students. The second kind of data is 4 midterm test sheets that are collected from teachers of listening skill. Then the
questionnaire and mid-term test sheets are analyzed. Statistic, Comparing and
contrasting are 2 main methods of this study. Then the data obtained from the
above tools is analyzed including table charts, bar charts and discussions. The
aims of this study are to find 1) how many percent IELTS listening part are
there in the mid-tests of third-year majored English students at Dong Thap
university 2) do the students prepare for IELTS listening test. To judge from
the results of the analysis, IELTS just makes up with 12.50 % of 4 tests. 74 %
of students want to get IELTS certificate. 46% of third-year students spend 30
minutes and 30% of them spend 1 hour practicing listening every day. They
have regarded to IELTS listening.
In short, the data gained from the students and the tests from teachers
confirmed that the format in the IELTS test is essential to them.
