You will learn the relevant current standards from International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (US GAAP) as we update this ecourse when the standards change.

You will learn the lessons of Reading 21 enriched with extra learning points that reinforce your knowledge of the reading material.

You will know which learning objective (both under Bloom and CFA Program) is achieved by each learning point and practice question. Plus you will get summary answers to CFA Program's Learning Outcome Statements or LOS (i.e. learning objectives) and compact definitions of key concepts covered in the ecourse.

You will read excerpts of relevant accounting standards so you can have exprience of interacting with the language of the IASB and FASB.

You will also understand the structure and general contents of financial statements of Microsoft under US GAAP and Rolls-Royce under IFRS and even discover key facts about thier businesses. For example, you will discover yourself how:

The content text readability is in plain English, easily understood by even age 13-15 learners.

Rather than stating the learning points for you to remember or understand, we frame them as questions for you to analyze and evaluate so you derive the learning points yourself using your innate intelligence, prior knowledge and even common sense. You are to make your best guess that even if you get the answer wrong you have made conceptual connections that help you retain your learning for longer.

You will also sharpen your learning achievement with flashcards, identifying the answer in either name or definition and stating the answer in either say-it-to-yourself-then-read  or say-it-out-loud spoken answers.  

You will enjoy studying more and reinforce your  learning when you play our gamified summary of learning points satisfying the learning objectives as well as the glossary for this ecourse. Games include space combat, crossword/cryptex puzzles, snakes and ladders, who wants to be a millionaire?, sudoku, and memory game. 

You can make your study notes within the ecourse. Plus you can engage with your fellow learners and the ecourse instructor with sharing notes and questions.  You can also view the lessons on non-interactive mode for offline studying.

When you pass the ecourse, you receive a Certificate of Self-Directed Learning Achievement, which includes a verifiable security code and also indicates any honor you received (e.g. Distinction or Merit).