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Hi All,
I am shortly going to write an article for AAT surrounding the paper you all know and love as DFS!!
Before I write it I would like to ask some of you who are studying for the paper the areas which you would like me to cover in the article. If I know some of the more problematic areas then I will cover them. My initial plan (which will change subject to the replies on this thread) are to cover the following:
- Ways to deal with studying the IAS's.
- Consolidation steps and how to gain the "easy marks".
- Explain what is a joint venture/subsidiary/associate.
- Dealing with a discursive question.
Given the page limits in the AAT magazine/online magazine I can't go into too much detail in certain areas of DFS as it is a huge syllabus but it will be written with a view to covering the major areas at least.
Kind regards
Steve
I am shortly going to write an article for AAT surrounding the paper you all know and love as DFS!!
Before I write it I would like to ask some of you who are studying for the paper the areas which you would like me to cover in the article. If I know some of the more problematic areas then I will cover them. My initial plan (which will change subject to the replies on this thread) are to cover the following:
- Ways to deal with studying the IAS's.
- Consolidation steps and how to gain the "easy marks".
- Explain what is a joint venture/subsidiary/associate.
- Dealing with a discursive question.
Given the page limits in the AAT magazine/online magazine I can't go into too much detail in certain areas of DFS as it is a huge syllabus but it will be written with a view to covering the major areas at least.
Kind regards
Steve
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Re:DFS
Hello Steve,
I know when I was studying for DFS last year, the biggest worry for me was having to learn the different IAS'es as there was so much information to absorb. Since you can never predict which will appear, you have no other option than to learn them all so it was a bit of a mind number at times, but hey, no pain no gain! I'm sure you've also read the various chief assessors reports and can see that the transfer and application of these principles to the situations given on the exam paper is generally weak so I think any quick tips for current students will be invaluable.
Best regards,
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Re:DFS
I have covered the IAS's already in the draft which has gone to be proof read.
However, as an excerpt to the draft my tips are more or less the same as what I have previously posted on threads which were to identify those which are examinable and then to "shrink" them into their major parts and have a summary of them. It is physically impossible to learn every one in detail, which is where I think the problem lies with a lot of students.
Kind regards
Steve0