Preparation for Dec 19

OT notes are relevant to both INT and UK – there are variant specific chapters at the end of the notes. But to be honest – if you are not “in audit” and you sat F8 (now AA) some time ago – I think you should reconsider whether you used all the resources available to you to succeed in APM. AAA is no “easier”.

Have you checked out the APM retake guide? https://www.accaglobal.com/lk/en/student/exam-support-resources/professional-exams-study-resources/p5/retake-guides.html
Did you attempt the relevant questions and read this “well-worth reading article”? https://opentuition.com/topic/read-the-mind-of-an-apm-marker/ and here https://www.accaglobal.com/sg/en/student/exam-support-resources/professional-exams-study-resources/p5/technical-articles.html (see “read the mind” in the exam technique section).

I have persuaded other students to “stick” with their options and making more/better use of resources they have gone on to succeed.

Between the lines you say a couple of interesting things – in your comment about learning standards and reading all articles. None of the strategic professional papers are to be “learnt” and the only way to pass is to master question practice. If a student properly attempts the relevant questions before reading the “Read the mind” article (ACCA has these how for all the applied skills and strategic exams) I would expect their response to be “yes I can do this”. Rather than give up altogether consider giving yourself a break and coming back to it next year. Or if you can bring yourself to have another attempt in December see if you can invest in a second hand 2018-19 edition BPP or Kaplan Revision Kit if you can’t afford a new edition. You might find one here https://opentuition.com/forum/buy-or-sell-forums/ or can advertise that you are looking for one.
I see you have made a couple of posts to the APM tutor forum – we are not a 24/7 service but we are a free service and we are here to support students. I would like to add to Ken’s responses – 1 technically correct sentence which makes 1 point that is relevant to answering the question set gets 1 mark. You don’t need to write a whole paragraph to earn 1 mark. If, for example, a requirement is to evaluate xxx – and there are 2-3 marks for each factor/matter relevant to the xxx – if you write one sentence on each factor/matter you will get at most one mark. You would have to write a short paragraph of 2-3 sentences to have the potential to earn 2-3 marks.
Again – the read the mind article I referenced – which is based on real exam question/scripts and marking – is really useful. But I strongly recommend using this along side your own answer.

Please see here my post about changes from 2018-19 to 2019-20 https://opentuition.com/topic/book-for-june-19-still-valid-for-sep-19-attempt/

The exam year for all exams (except tax) is September to following June so the next changes after Sept 2019 will be Sept 2020 exams.