how should i study for business studies as a year 11?! (1 Viewer)

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This year I'll be starting the Y11 Business Studies course and I wanted to start a little early in the holidays. Does anyone have any steps I should take and what I should do?

Atm I've looked at the syllabus and started making notes but it feels like I'm not really understanding it. Is there a different way to fastrack how I'm studying for business?? What is the best order to use resources to make a good use of time as well as get a super in-depth understanding of the content??

Also, if there are any resources that I'm clueless about it would be well appreciated if you could tell them to me.

I would appreciate ANY methods and resources so PLSPLSPLS LMK

Thanks!
 

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It's not too hard. I passed prelims with 0 study and not paying attention to anything the entire year.

For studying you need to know ur syllabus and be able to connect to it through questions. So base ur notes around the syllabus dot points, tjat what i wouod have done if i was locked in for business.
For the content understanding part, idk cuz I nev3r paid attention. 😭😭 but
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HELLO

This year I'll be starting the Y11 Business Studies course and I wanted to start a little early in the holidays. Does anyone have any steps I should take and what I should do?

Atm I've looked at the syllabus and started making notes but it feels like I'm not really understanding it. Is there a different way to fastrack how I'm studying for business?? What is the best order to use resources to make a good use of time as well as get a super in-depth understanding of the content??

Also, if there are any resources that I'm clueless about it would be well appreciated if you could tell them to me.

I would appreciate ANY methods and resources so PLSPLSPLS LMK

Thanks!
I think I was having the same issue last year during the hols and honestly it was kinda a waste of time making notes and stuff cause I was prob gonna forget it by the time year 11 started. But def just familiarising urself with the content and the syllabus for now is the best way to go. But once school starts or u start really understanding everything make sure u have a detailed understanding on each concept and u have case studies and examples. Then after that just do practice questions and make sure ur answers have enough depth

but most importantly make sure u know ur business terminology and ur responses are written like “ur a business studies student and not someone off the street.” ( one of the teacher’s kept on reiterating this). But the content is pretty straight forward and as long as u know ur content back to back u should be fine
 

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I wouldn’t study for business in advance ngl, the content is SO straightforward and easy

I made notes based on the recommended textbook at the time(idk if it changed) which I got access to once year 11 started, it followed the syllabus and made writing notes easier. you’ll probably find it easier to learn in the classroom setting when your teacher is explaining things and you have a textbook asw, it’s so easy
 

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This year I'll be starting the Y11 Business Studies course and I wanted to start a little early in the holidays. Does anyone have any steps I should take and what I should do?

Atm I've looked at the syllabus and started making notes but it feels like I'm not really understanding it. Is there a different way to fastrack how I'm studying for business?? What is the best order to use resources to make a good use of time as well as get a super in-depth understanding of the content??

Also, if there are any resources that I'm clueless about it would be well appreciated if you could tell them to me.

I would appreciate ANY methods and resources so PLSPLSPLS LMK

Thanks!
I’m also doing business studies and I’min year 11
 

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Then after that just do practice questions and make sure ur answers have enough depth
do you have any practice questions? i only found 2 prelim past papers that are relevant to the syllabus, on thsc
 

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HELLO

This year I'll be starting the Y11 Business Studies course and I wanted to start a little early in the holidays. Does anyone have any steps I should take and what I should do?

Atm I've looked at the syllabus and started making notes but it feels like I'm not really understanding it. Is there a different way to fastrack how I'm studying for business?? What is the best order to use resources to make a good use of time as well as get a super in-depth understanding of the content??

Also, if there are any resources that I'm clueless about it would be well appreciated if you could tell them to me.

I would appreciate ANY methods and resources so PLSPLSPLS LMK

Thanks!
Hi,

I recently did the HSC and got a raw mark of 96% in business, trust me, you do not have to do anything for year 11 during the summer holidays, take a break!!! because next summer holidays you will be studying HEAPS and every break after that. so honestly, i would just take a break and not do really anything, you can have a look over the syllabuses, but you wont really have useful content that your teacher uses and there is no point in teaching yourself something and getting it wrong and having to start over.

so honestly, you havent even started year 11 yet, tbh i got like 60% in the prelims, but i got 96% in the hsc, and it didnt matter at all, dont stress and just have fun!!! i still got into the bachelor of commerce and law so plz dont stress xx
 

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late response but i hope you enjoyeed ur holidays school work free
im a y12 business student and the preliminary course is pretty easy and straightforward. i just reccommend for year 11 that you try to take notes in class, actively seek help from teachers and complete the coursework lol
if you want to get into good study habits for year 12, i reccommend making a google doc and copying in the syllabus and then filling out the dot points you cover over time so when you reach prelims/hsc you have the notes and material so you're not scrambling to make the notes when you could be answering practice questions or looking at past papers
also maybe this was just my school, but for the first business report (yr 11) and first business essay(t1 year 12) we did, the marks weren't as harsh as it was our first time completing it
i was not as studious in year 11 and i also did well in my prelims with pretty minimal study lol, i'd reccommend trying not to stress much in year 11 and instead aim at developing good study habits
 

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