Hi Ümit,
Many thanks for your comment and your kind words about my podcast. I am glad that many people from Turkey, including yourself, find my podcast useful in their English studies. You have done very well with your English. It is very hard to learn another language, especially if you are trying to do it by yourself. Well done for your progress. Regarding your question, I don’t know much about TOEFL or IELTS, although I know what they are. Unfortunately I can’t advise you about that. I think it would be best to get some advice from an English teacher in Istanbul. I am sure they would be able to help you.
Good luck with your studies.
Have a great day.
Rob

First of all, l would like to thank you very much because of doing such a good English podcast.
I have discovered your podcast soon, maybe about two weeks ago. Most important thing , in my opinion, you speak English slowly. This is good idea. That help those learning English to improve their listening skills very much.

My name is Ümit. I’m forty one years old, live in ?stanbul, Turkey. I work for an insurance company for 16 years.

For a long time l have been trying to learning English mostly on my own. So l think that my listening skill in English isn’t well enough because of doing listening very little.

I like to learn English very well for myself and take enough point at toefl or ielts for my taking more money from my work place as language money. I will very happy if you advise me about this. Thank you….