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.