SBL, broken down — free.
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You knew the content. You still didn't get the marks. That's not a knowledge problem. At Strategic Professional level it's the difference between a resit and a pass — and it's almost always technique, not what you know. SBL Broken Down is where I take the exam apart, piece by piece, and show you where answers stop scoring and what a stronger one looks like. All of it free.
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Who this is for: working professionals sitting ACCA SBL — especially resitters who've done the videos and the questions but still can't see where the marks went, and anyone writing at senior-advisory level in a second language.
Here's the single most common way marks quietly vanish. Same knowledge, two answers:
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Weak — earns almost nothing: "The company should close its loss-making stores to cut costs. This is a good idea."
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Strong — earns the marks: "Closing the loss-making stores removes about £1.2m of cost, which means margin moves back toward the board's target — but two of them anchor the new city-centre expansion the board just approved, so close the standalone ones and hold the rest under review."
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The difference isn't knowledge. It's the "which means…", the trade-off, and an actual decision. That one move — finishing the point instead of stopping halfway — is the gap between a script in the 40s and one in the 60s. That's what every breakdown here teaches.
Every breakdown pulls apart one thing that costs marks and shows you the fix: how to write a point that scores (VPADJ), how to read the verb, the failure traps that sink well-prepared students, weak-vs-strong answers side by side, professional writing for non-native speakers, and how to use the pre-seen and the examiner reports properly.
Each one is written up here in full, with the worked examples and a quick quiz to test yourself.
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👇 Click a breakdown below to open the full write-up:
If You Failed SBL, This Is Probably Why
Sitting SBL When English Isn't Your First Language
The Verb Tells You Where Your Writing Has To Finish
SBL March/June Examiner's Report: Where the DKK Paper Went Wrong (and How to Fix It)
One Point, Two Marks — the move that turns a one-mark point into two
What To Do Before Your SBL Pre-Seen Arrives
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The free breakdowns are the method in the open. The paid course is the whole thing, in order, with your own answers marked.
You can watch sample lessons from the course on my tutor page — same voice, same clean format you're reading here, just the complete system.