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Hi Guys,
I’m just starting my ACCA with my first exam, F8 Audit and Assurance in June 2015.
I’ve had 8 exemptions confirmed after graduating with a 2:1 Honours Degree in Summer 2013, so I’ve been out of studying for a year and a half ish.
What is the best way to begin studying for this exam? I understand there are different approaches but looking for advice.
I have studied the ‘Theory of Auditing’ and ‘Practice of Auditing’ before at Uni and previous years actually had an exemption, we are the first year that must sit this exam, sucks!I have the BPP reading text, PassCards and revision kit too.
My initial thoughts were to print the OpenTuition course notes and following all the lectures here – https://opentuition.com/acca/f8/f8-lectures-live/ – Once i’ve been through these lectures will I have covered the syllabus? Obviously I’ll still need to make the use of BPP textbook, especially while preparing answers, but would this be very similar to at Uni where we had weekly lectures then revised at the end?
Any advice appreciated
Hi Chris,
Like you, I have been granted exemptions from 8 / 9 of the fundmentals and have to sit F8 in June 🙁
I am currently doing an e-learning course and I have been advised to read the text from cover to cover (as if it were an enjoyable novel 🙂 ) to familiarise yourself with the material. My plan is to then go through all lectures and make my notes as I go along, once the lectures are done, I’ll revise each chapter individually and and attempt practice exams questions to make sure Im understanding the material!This might not work for you and who knows, might not work for me either but will test it out as it is my first ACCA exam!!
Good luck!
BTW, I havent studied since 2008 so you have an advantage over me already ha! 🙂
@lindadel7 said:
Hi Chris,Like you, I have been granted exemptions from 8 / 9 of the fundmentals and have to sit F8 in June 🙁
I am currently doing an e-learning course and I have been advised to read the text from cover to cover (as if it were an enjoyable novel 🙂 ) to familiarise yourself with the material. My plan is to then go through all lectures and make my notes as I go along, once the lectures are done, I’ll revise each chapter individually and and attempt practice exams questions to make sure Im understanding the material!This might not work for you and who knows, might not work for me either but will test it out as it is my first ACCA exam!!
Good luck!
Hi!
Typical we don’t get the F8 exemption but no point of dwelling, Auditing is by far my most hated topic!
An enjoyable novel though? you’re having a laugh haha!
I’ve done all the ‘Live lectures’ and now reading through the textbook, getting through about 15 -20 pages an hour while highlighting bits and bobs….not convinced much is going in though.
I think the key for me is to look at the pracitce questions and write up perfected answers on the basis of the answers to the question……many people question it but it works for me!
I’ll see how things go, struggling to get the motivation as it still feels so long away!
I didnt actually sit auditing in my college course so there is no surprise that I have to sit it now!
I find that I have to write things out for them to get into my head, reading just wont help me!!
My hand will be falling off come June with the amount of writing that is involved in those answers!@lindadel7 said:
I didnt actually sit auditing in my college course so there is no surprise that I have to sit it now!
I find that I have to write things out for them to get into my head, reading just wont help me!!
My hand will be falling off come June with the amount of writing that is involved in those answers!Ah right. How did you get so many exemptions? I didn’t think there was many Uni courses that obtained 8.
Agree with the writing but It’s near impossible to write everything out before the exam, no chance, complete waste I found before when I attempted it for Tax.
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