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I gave sbl in december 2020.and failed at 47 can i get some.advice how to.keep going and what should be my retake.approach
Sorry about your fail: 47 is so close.
I don’t know how many times you have attempted SBL, but anyhow it’s probably safe to say that with 47% you know the technical content pretty well. Therefore, you must concentrate on question and answer technique.
The two essentials are:
1 Look carefully at each piece of information provided in the question and ask yourself why the examiner has put it there. What are its implications for the scenario and requirements? This requires careful reading and rereading of the question but also read with the requirements in mind. So if the requirements relate to falling profitability and how to rectify that then you would know to be on the lookout for factors like: new competition, old products, changes in technology, stagnant economy, change in public taste, rise in raw material prices etc.
2 Try to address the requirements with laser-like accuracy looking at all the words and tasks. Tasks are often multiple like “identify an advise”, “explain and persuade”. Both verbs need to be addressed.
Finally, I would say that, although models and frameworks are important, you should try first approaching a task from a common-sense view without worrying about which models or theories to use. This will help you formulate your answers in more practical ways. Having decided what you think should be done then you can retrofit a framework as necessary to give your answer more respectability, check your conclusions and sometimes spark off new ideas. In this exam it is the application of models that is important not their explanation and the examiners want practical answers such as those you would write to your boss in a real situation.
So, lots of question practice.
HTH
Sir may i know how much to write in the exam as per the marks like if its 10 marks part how much points should be made to gain maximum marks and is it that i should work on my professional marks rather than technical more looking at my marks please guide me i really want to pass how can i work through it
It’s hard to generalise but for 10 marks you about 4 points should be made: 0.5 for identifying and 1.5 for explaining why the point is important, its implications, what to do about it etc.
It is hard to work specifically on professional marks. Instead, look at what the professional marks are for and angle answers towards that. For example, is skepticism is required then you know you have to question data and opinions. If evaluation is needed you need to look at pros and cons. etc.
Sir can u guide me how to deal with 5 professional skills in short like what area to focus on if they ask for commercial accumen and similarly all 5 areas
Look at these videos – they say it all.
Dear Tutor, do you know why ACCA do not show students their corrected answers and do not give the feedback on the things they have failed at? What is the benefit to the student not to see and understand where exactly they failed? I did ATT exams eg and they would at least give a breakdown by % for each topic so you know which area you are weak at. Thanks.
I think they fear the amount of work involved in explaining whether you got, say 2.5 or 3 marks for part of a question, then students might begin disputing their marks – especially if careers depend on passing.
I must say that if I were running an examination system I wouldn’t give scripts back either. I would have, as ACCA has, very good systems for setting questions, careful review of exams and monitoring markers’ performance to ensure results are as fair as they can be..
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