This research discovers the Students’ Listening Strategies in Improving Listening TOEFL Score. It aims (1) to find out the students difficulties in answering listening TOEFL questions (2) to discover the listening strategies used by students in improving listening TOEFL score. The research is conducted at English Department of Tarbiyah at UIN Ar- Raniry. This research used a qualitative descriptive and the data collected through interview method. The participants are ten English Department Students batch 2015. This research found that: (1) the source of students difficulties in answering listening TOEFL questions are, length and speed of listening, accent, physical condition, the quality of recorder, and cultural differences. (2) the listening strategies used by students in improving listening TOEFL score are; compensation strategy, cognitive strategy, and metacognitive strategy. Compensation strategy is the higher rank than cognitive and metacognitive strategy. All of participants use compensation strategy and can help them in answering listening TOEFL questions.