The objective of this study was to investigate the English language needs of Statistical Department of IST AKPRIND Yogyakarta. 50 fourth and sixth semester Statistical students, the head of the department, 2 subject specialists and 4 alumni took part in this study. Data collection tools were questionnaire and interviews guide. This study followed qualitative and quantitative method. The findings showed most students studied English for having basic communication skills needed in the workplace. The result also showed speaking and reading skills became the main focus on studying English. Those two skills had a significant effect on their academic performance in content subjects and future jobs. In addition, the most important English language sub skills were listening to lectures, performing academic presentations, reading journal articles, reading textbooks and writing summary. The problems in listening were speakers speak too fast, unfamiliar words and lack of activity using English. Problem with pronunciation was encountered in speaking. Understanding general information of the text and finding specific information were the main problems in reading. The main problems in writing were vocabulary and construct good sentences with correct grammar. The students liked discussion and presentation as teaching and evaluation method. It is hoped those findings would be the basis for designing a suitable course that meet students’ needs.

This study aims to describe the errors in the use of letters in the thesis of the Industrial Engineering Study Program IST AKPRIND, to describe the errors in the writing of words in the thesis of the students of the Industrial Engineering Study Program IST AKPRIND, and to describe the errors in writing punctuation marks in the thesis of the students of the Industrial Engineering Study Program IST AKPRIND. The subjects of this research are humans in the results of research on the student thesis of Industrial Engineering Study Program IST AKPRIND. The number of theses analyzed amounted to 3 thesis students of Industrial EngineeringStudy Program IST AKPRIND. The data collection technique in this study used reading techniques. The reading technique used is to read repeatedly and carefully the thesis of the selected IST AKPRIND Industrial Engineering Study Program Students. Before recording, the data is recorded on the data card first, then the data card is categorized according to the creteria for spelling errors. The data collected, then analyzed and described. The instrument for collecting this data is using a human instrument, namely the researcher himself. Researchers as implementers who will collect data, analyze, and at the same time make conclusions. The results of this study indicate that there are 101 errors in spelling errors in the undergraduate thesis of Industial Engineering Study Program IST AKPRIND consisting of: (1) errors in the use of capital latters as many as 25 errors, (2) errors in writing italics as many as 21 errors, (3) errors in the use of words front di and ke as many as 26 errors, (4) errors, which include errors in using punctuation periods (.), errors in using commas (,), errors in using hyphens (-), and errors in using signs read the colon (:).

Pendidikan tidak hanya berfungsi sebagai lembaga yang memberdayakan anak dalam pengertian kecerdasan dan keterampilan melainkan program pendidikan juga menyadarkan tentang pentingnya menjaga moralitas dan peningkatan kemampuan pertimbangan rasional dalam pengambilan keputusan. Apabila segala fenomena tentang pentingnya pendidikan tidak terealisasi dengan baik, maka keberhasilan pemperhati pendidikan karakter akan mengalami kegagalan. Dampak yang dinilai sangat mempengaruhi pendidikan anak adalah Lingkungan,  keluarga, sekolah maupun masyarakat. Anak dapat dikatakan sebagai investasi masa depan yang perlu dipersiapkan perkembangannya sejak dini. Sel-sel otak anak akan berkembang dengan baik dan optimal jika ada rangsangan yang tepat dan mendukung perkembangannya, Penanaman nilai-nilai moral perlu adanya stimulan yang harus diberikan oleh orang tua kepada anak sejak dini. Hal ini merupakan hal yang harus dilakukan oleh orang tua. Penanaman nilai moral ini dapat dilakukan melalui pendidikan formal non formal dana tau informal dan dapat ditumbuhkan melalui berbagai kegiatan dan pembiasaan. Salah satu kegiatan adalah melalui dongeng di media youtube. yang mempunyai syarat nilai-nilai moral. Adapun alasan penggunaan dongeng di media youtube untuk menanamkan nilai-nilai moral pada anak adalah: (1) cerita atau dongeng yang akan disampaikan dengan menggunakan media youtube dapat dikembangkan dengan mandiri oleh orang tua lebih-lebih di era digital seperti sekarang ini. (2) Youtube merupakan media yang mudah dan menarik (3) dapat dilakukan oleh semua orang tua sesuai dengan cerita dan tokoh yang diinginkan. (4) meningkatkan ketertarikan anak untuk belajar sesuai dengan zamannya terutama belajar nilai-nilai moral. Kegiatan pendampingan  ini telah dilaksanakan di Rumah Mengaji Teras Al- Muyamman Malangan UH 7/476, Giwangan Yogyakarta pada tanggal 27 Juli 2018 pukul 09.00-12.00 WIB. Rangkaian kegiatannya yaitu peserta mengikuti materi dengan menyimak dongeng di youtube dengan tema tentang moral dan dilanjutkan asesmen.

Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) is a policy of the Minister of Education and Culture, which aims to prepare students to acquire various fields of knowledge that are needed when entering the working world. MBKM is a form of learning that wants a fundamental change towards the implementation of a better and quality education. This study discusses the implementation of the MBKM concept to build student character. This study aims to analyze the implementation of the MBKM program in the Study Program of Environmental Engineering Institut Sains & Teknologi AKPRIND, in developing students character. The method used is: descriptive qualitative. The results in this paper are as follows: First, the implementation of MBKM in the study program of Environmental Engineering gives students freedom to develop their talents and interests. Second, the implementation of MBKM in the Environmental Engineering study program wants to provide real experiences for students in dealing with life problems. Third, shape the character of students: professional, responsible, disciplined, tenacious and problem-solves.