F4 self study plan

seriously? f4 needs just self study??????

Self studying for ACCA F4 Global is not that hard as people make it seem.
I did the same as you are planning to do and I have passed F4 ENG in my 1st attempt. As a mater of fact I dropped out a full time class to do it on my own. I enjoyed doing it on my own. Just take an interest and that would help.

The key to F4 is to read and highlight the important areas through the text and ensure that you LEARN the information.
Do NOT wait last minute to start reading and memorising the necessary areas, it would not help. It would just become a disaster. By now you should have started doing such!

Don’t worry much about learning the details of the cases, all that is mainly required is for to cite to name of the case. For example, White v Bristol Aeroplane Co.

However in some topics such as the law of Torts its important to know the facts and outcome of the cases in the exam but for other topics it is not needed that much.

Don’t worry to learn the various section “NUMBERS” of the act.
For example, Under S633 Companies Act 2006, the holders of 15% of the nominal value of that class, who did not consent to the variation, may ask the court to cancel the variation within 21 days of the passing of the resolution.

You don’t need to stress yourself out by writing S633 in the exam. What is of course important is that you remember the name and year of the act i.e. Companies Act 2006 and obviously the rule.

If you are having trouble with the scenario questions then focus your attention on the 1st 7 questions of the exam which is purely knowledge based (70 marks). Hence, I advise don’t fret for the scenario if you really can’t but still TRY to do it but if you aren’t having any luck. Try your best to get through the pure knowledge questions instead to get a pass.

BPP Revision Kit has an ISAC approach to answering the scenario questions which also has a knowledge element. You identify the problem. State the relevant law (knowledge part), apply the law and then conclude.

Let me know if this helps…. 🙂

I think that the issue with F4 is just where it sits rather than its complexity.
People who have taken F1-3 are often not prepared for the step complexity move to F4 which I would say is far greater than the step up to the professional level papers.
My view is that the multi choices of the lower papers have no place being in a professional qualification and without them this transition would be smoother.
There is a lot of rote learning at F4 that will get one into a mindset ready for the likes of P1.
To memorise cases I started using index cards with a very brief description (a few words) on one side of the card and the case on the other.
For example : Side (a) Counter Offer Terminates the offer : Side (b) Butler Machine Co. v Ex-cell-o corp (1979).
Another issue with F4 is the move from a two to three hour paper which some incorrectly feel gives them more time and cannot imagine filling up a whole three hours (lol).
That really catches people out on time management but its all part of the journey.
With this paper forwards it starts being very important to do past papers under exam conditions before the day. Personally I try to fit in 8 in the three weeks before the exam.
I self studied F4 and passed first time. I am now at P7 (which is my nemesis).
kind regards,
Shaun.

Hi,
its not the time that you spend its what you do with that time.
You’ve still got another 98 days left until F4 (so 14 weeks… More than 3 months)
3 months is enough time.
F4 is a LOT of rote learning of case law.
I use index cards a lot and this paper had more than any of the P level papers (over 600 cards)
The format is not like the exams that you have been used to previously so you really need to practice (I advise 8) past papers to get up to the speed of identifying the issues in the scenarios and formulating a good answer remembering that there may be multiple correct answers and angles that you can answer questions from.
As an example of that simply look at the exam kits of BPP, Kaplan and the ACCA stock answers. All three will often answer the same questions completely correctly but look nothing like each other and approach answers from different angles.
For any study text work on trying to complete one chapter per day on first pass (more than that and you don’t take it in) one month(ish) should be enough to read any text cover to cover (even P6 which is best part of 6cm thick).
Try to listen to the OT lectures directly before or after (whichever works best for you) as doing the equivalent studies in your text.
Take lots of notes, not necessarily to refer to but writing it out drives understanding home.
I don’t know if it helps you but with F4 it was the only paper where I found the BPP success CD useful. Playing it in the background pretty much constantly drives it home without you realising it.
Good luck in December,
Shaun.

NO!!! Read the exam technique article on this site for F4! You’ll get lots of guidance from that

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