The textbooks you are reading may be wordy to you. The inside may look like a tropical jungle with no clear paths to follow to clear destinations. You may have no idea where to start, how to start, when to finish, and you may ask yourself, 'Do I have to read all pages of these thick books? Do I have to remember every thing they say? What do I have to understand and what I don't have to? Why is it very hard for me to understand the contents?' and other frustrating questions.
Even though, I'm sure you agree, the contents served by the textbooks are essential for you to know and understand not only to succeed in the exam, but also more in the application, analysis, and evaluation of business practices in your real life.
The following things may be beneficial for you to practice
- Understand the benefit of the subject to your life now or in the future. By knowing the benefit or the reason studying the subject, you will have deep motivation that become fuel for your further effort throughout the course. You may start your venture in order that you can see the strong connection between the knowledge and your business
- Read, watch, listen to business news, talk business matters with relevant people to build your practical knowledge and understanding of business practices in real life. There are people who build their understanding about one thing by discussing it with other people. This works well especially for auditory learners.
- Answer all of the questions provided in the textbooks. By trying to answer the questions, you will read the pages purposefully, that is to answer the questions. By practicing yourself with the questions, you also improve your application, analysis, and evaluation skills.
- Business is about applying knowledge, application, analysis, and evaluation skill to business matters. IGCSE Business Studies 4th edition by Karen Borrington and Peter Stimpson is well designed to facilitate you develop the skills. Case study example helps connect you with real practices of business so that you can make connection between theory and practice. Revision Questions and MCQ section of the book facilitate your knowledge enhancement of the contents, Exam-style Questions - paper 1 and 2 facilitate your knowledge (question 1a), application and analysis (question 1b,c,d), application, analysis, and evaluation skill (question 1 d), Activity and International Business in Focus section also help exercise your knowledge, application, analysis and evaluation skill. Tips for success section tells you what to do in order that you can pass the exam.
- The same function provided by AS and A Level textbook by Peter Stimpson and Alastair Farquharson 2nd and 3rd edition with Essay section helps you to apply your advanced knowledge, application, analysis and evaluation skill of business matters.
- Express your understanding of any extent in different ways based on your own interest, such as writing it on a blog, sharing it on twitter, make a comic, discuss it with friends and teacher, and so on. The feedback of the readers or the listeners may help improve your understanding to higher extent.
- And the most important thing you need to have is passion in business. Once you've had it, you'll know what to do next.
