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Preparing.


• What’s different?

• Planning, preparation, practising

• Resources


• Karen Yates - Head

of Education ACCA

• Lisa Gilmore - ACCA

• Steve Willis - PwC

Academy: P1, P3, P5

• Rosauro Aala -

BPP Professional

Education: P1, P3, P7 Pre

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ters

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Mostly writing.

• P1, P3, P7

• P3, P4, P6

• P2, P5

• Professional

marks


Knowledge is not enough.

• Remembering

• Applying

• Understanding

• Evaluating

• Analysing

• Creating


Intellectual levels.

Knowledge and comprehension

Application and analysis

Evaluation and creation

Professional (P1-P7)

Skills (F4-F9)

Knowledge (F1-F3)

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%


• Create

• Evaluate

• Critically discuss

• Assess

• Construct an argument for

• Develop a strategy for

• Critically appraise

Higher intellectual levels. Typical questions

requirements:

Article ‘Testing

1, 2, 3…’

January 2007


P5. The examiner has said:

• Calculate, but MORE importantly, explain

• You need a big picture view - from strategy

down to operations

• Learn the models, theories and terminology

also from previous level


• Remember: What’s measured get’s done

• Give valuable advice. Does your answer help

the organisation?

• Use evidence from the scenario

• Assess Situation - Apply New Approach -

See if it helps. Performance management is

dependent on situation!

P5.


• Knowledge

• Understanding

• Application

P7 skills.


• Adequacy of answer plan

• Structured answer

• Inclusion of significant facts

• Information given not

repeated

• Relevant content

P7 marking scheme.


P7 marking scheme.

• Inferences made

• Commercial awareness

• Higher skills demonstrated

• Professional commentary


General P level issues. • Leaving section

A until the end

• Choosing section

B questions

• Volume of answers

• Satisfy the intellectual

level of the requirement


• Structure

• Logical flow

• Content / relevance to scenario

• Style

• Persuasiveness

• Layout

Professional marks.


Study plan.


Study plan.

Learning the syllabus

Sept-Oct

Continue working through study text with some question practice

Practise questions

Oct-Nov

Practise past exam questions to improve technique and speed

Rehearse

2 or 3 weeks to go

Attempt mock exam to identify last minute areas for improvement


Writing skills at P Level. • You’ll need to use reading and planning time

wisely and efficiently to construct answer plans

• Use headings and subheadings

that follow your answer plan

• Create short, concise paragraphs that

are reference the scenario or real world

examples when possible


Higher levels. • P1 - ACCA’s online ethics module

• P2 - www.iasplus.com

• P3, P4, P5 - business pages of good quality

newspaper, Economist

• P6 - less need to read around the subject

• P7 - www.ifac.org, www.accountancyage.com,

www.accountancylive.com


• Syllabus and

study guide

• Past exam papers

• Examiners’ reports

• Examiners’ guidance

• Exam technique videos AC

CA

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• Technical articles

• Articles on options

• Videos on exam

technique

• Examinable documents

for P2, P6, P7 AC

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Other resources. • Approved Learning Provider -

Content bbp.com/kaplan.co.uk/becker-atc.com

• Exam technique videos and on debriefs -

YouTube

• Syllabus lectures and question debriefs -

bpp.com, kaplan.co.uk

• Exam technique tips - bpp.com, kaplan.co.uk


Student planner app.


Thank you.

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