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This book discussed listening comprehension, which is a necessary skill to communicate. I conducted this research at the Vietnam National University of Agriculture from 30 students of English Linguistic major. The results of analyzing students’ problems toward listening comprehension showed that the problems are among these; having too long paragraphs, don't understand the content, hard to catch the keywords, the outside sound, speaking too fast, unclear pronunciation, having a difficult accent to listen, different intonation, lack of vocabulary mastery, difficult to concentrate, limited time, difficult to hear native speaker sound, lack of practicing the listening skill, psychological factor, feel worried or afraid to answer, noisy environment, etc. The pedagogical implication of this study can bring about knowledge concerning the listening comprehension problems of students in English linguistics major and identify the factors affecting listening comprehension.