Where, how to begin ?

Global notes first 8 chapters and English notes and lectures from English chapter 10 onwards Then loads and loads of mcq practice Loads of it And then more

done. (Y)

Ask whenever you are uncertain and I shall get back to you

Hi Mike I apologise if this is a stupid question but I am uncertain where to start. I have rejoined the ACCA after a long absence and was luckily put in touch with open tuition. Do i need to purchase books from say Kaplan or BPP (in Ireland)? I downloaded the notes for the global version on your site but they are just bullets and the lectures seem to start from chapter 5 onwards, so I am assuming i need to go off and buy a book also? thanking you in advance and any help is greatly appreciated as i am a bit lost!

Not at all a stupid question :-) The only book you need is a revision kit (BPP) or exam kit (Kaplan) - note the 20% discount available on BPP prices if you order through the OpenTuition website - click on the black box on the right hand side of this page Then hours and hours of repetitive mcq practice Do NOT write your answer attempts in the revision kit - write your attempts on a separate piece of paper. That way you can practice the same questions over and over again Do you need a study text? I doubt it. The subject "law" comes up only minimally and only very rarely in later exam papers (by which time you will likely have forgotten what you learned at F4) so I suggest you view it as a hurdle to cross rather than as a building block from which to further your ACCA studies The Chartered Accountants in England and Wales have dropped law from within their examination requirements and, in practice, if you should come across a particular problem and you need to know the legal implication, you can look it up on the internet (or ask someone!) Read the bullet points in the course notes and watch the lectures for the later chapters Do that two or three times until you feel that you are getting to understand a little of what is happening and then start question practice You will likely only get 10% or so correct in your first efforts but that will rapidly increase with the greater number of times you attempt questions from the revision kit And, if you come across a problem that you cannot understand, post on here again and I shall get back to you OK?

thank you so much for the above Mike, i really appreciate all the help and the quick reply. best regards

You're welcome

Hi, I am taking the F4 CBE in July, Which notes are more suitable , the march / june 2016 or the september/december 2016 ? is there any real difference between the 2 sets of notes? Thanks

No real difference - if you already have the March / June notes, save your money and don't buy the September / December version If at the moment you have NO notes, then buy the September / December version

Thanks, also one more thing, How different is a Computer Based Exam to a Non CBE in terms of the content of questions? or are they identical. I am taking one later this month.

If they're not identical they will be remarkably similar ... but I believe that that are identical in terms of question content

Also, in terms of practicing for the F4 CBE, is the mock exam on opentuition a good way of doing so? and in terms of MTQ's what type of questions will there be in the 5 6 mark questions section B? Thanks!

ANY mcqs will help - the more you can do, and the more often you can do them, the better your chances are The OT mock exam shows the type of mtq that you may expect and you'll find more examples of mtqs in the specimen exams for F4 on this site Let me know when you hit a barrier