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Are opentuition lecture notes and videos are enough to prepare P7? if someone don’t have book? Or is it compulsory to read book?
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Hi Anna
I have tried to pay for the studies myself.
My first attempt was with F4 paper. I bought the Kaplan Distance Learning material and alongside the Open Tuition course notes, found that this was more than enough.
OP material was a lot easier to digest and more memorable for me.
I am going to attempt F5 paper this time round. Just not sure whether to do 1 paper or 2?
Does anyone have any advice for a newbie
Hi littlemissy,
I think htat the issue is that Anna was looking to use only OT materials and nothing else.
Whilst I think that the OT materials are brilliant, in your own case think how much case law you memorised from the Kaplan text.
I think that with OT it should be regarded as complimentary study or even the driving study but I don’t think that it would be wise to make it the only study.
Thinking of an example from my own studies P2 comes to mind. I think that I passed it because of the OT materials (espechially Mikes lectures) but I do not think that I would have been prepared for it had I not worked through the examples in the Kaplan study text that have an approach of try then repeat with more complexity in a slightly different scenario and keep building on that.
More than once Mikes lecturesgave clarity to subjects that I had found difficult. In my own case seeing him work through a group cashflow sttement made me step back and think how the heck did I find that difficult.
However, I still don’t believe that at the P level you could, or indeed should, pass simply by studying a single source of material.
My view is that if you are going to self study then the perfect kit is BPP I-Learn CD to get you started, OT lectures and course notes, Kaplan study text, Kaplan or BPP revision kit plus around eight past papers from the ACCA site sat under exam conditions before the day.
If one is paying £94 (£100 from next sitting) to sit the exam then the expectation of investing £80(ish) in study materials is not unreasonable… Mmm, thinks of the books of the likes of scholes and Whittington, Drury, Melville etc. sitting amongst others in seven full size billy bookcases behind me crammed with accountancy texts… £80 per paper… In my dreams, lol.
kind regards,
Shaun.
p.s. Littlemissy F5 isn’t a bad one to sit at the same time as F4 or F9.
Try to match F7 and F8 in the same sitting and unless you work in tax I would try to handle F6 separately.
When you get to the P papers, P1, P3 and P5 are all closely linked.
P2 and P7 should be done together if possible.
P6 again I would only sit with others if you do dark side tax in the day job.My ACCA journey revealed no material anywhere is ever enough rather, a combination of relevant materials and good efforts. I have heard of people using OT materials scoring great scores and people who study with “BIG” 2 & yet failed. It make sense to ask for help when you’re not clear on certain areas of the syllabus and be ready to deliver on the exam day.
To me, exam day make all the difference and your ability to adapt favorably on the exam day. As well as study hard, it’s important you learn all the exam techniques.
All the best!
Passed F8 first time just using OT material and lectures. i used ACCA past papers for revision. Wasn’t a brilliant Mark nonetheless a pass is a pass. Loved it. My F8 was Free :D.
I have failed classes going to lectures paying hundreds of pounds.
I am now sitting P1 and F9. I am not buying any study text just revision kit from BPP.
Good luck.
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