This research aims to understand the extent of the students’ participation to join the lectures during the Covid-19 pandemic, that requires the lectures to be conducted through online system. In such a condition Inquary-based learning is selected as an appropriate method of learning, in which the students’ independence is needed. The researchers conducted a case study on the application of inquiry-based learning, especially in the subject of Structure-Grammar, at the English Study Program, Academy of Foreign Language St. Pignatelli Surakarta In the implementation of this method the students are expected to be autonomous learners who must be aware of themselves that they need particular knowledge and consequently, with their own accord they will find any sources from both reference-books and scientific webs. The role of the lecturer is to guide them in such a way that they master the minimum requirements. The research results show that the students of Semester II give 66.66% of positive response, and those of Semester IV 73.55%. There are more than 25 % of students who do not give positive participation to the lectures due to  several obstacles, namely the lack of smart phones, adequate computers or internet access. Although the results are not so satisfying, they can be used as a reference for autonomous learning.

The aim of this research is to describe the influence of lectures on business English and entrepreneurship on the entrepreneuial spirit among university students. This deals with the five aspects of entrepreneurship spirit, namely (1) Knowledge on entrepreneurship, (2) Interest to be an entrepreneur, (3) Perception on the role of entrepreneurs in national development, (4) Toughness of being an entrepreneur and (5) Potency to be an entrepreneur. This research uses comparative method, in which the data are compared, between those taken before and after the respondents join the two kinds of lectures above. The results of the study show that (1) The students of ABA and STIE St. Pignatelli Surakarta have got the spirit of entrepreneurship with the point of 2,38; (3) The two lectures are able to increase the aspects of entrepreneurial spirit with significant point 0,96 (from 2.38 to 3.34 (2) The increase of each aspect of entrepreneurial spirit are: (a) Knowledge on entrepreneurship by 0.98 (from 2,23 to 3,21), (b) Interest to be an entrepreneur 0,83 (from 2,6 to 3,43, (c) Perception on the role of entrepreneurs in national development 0,96 (from 2,64 to 3,6, (d) Toughness of being an entrepreneur 0,94 (from 2,29 to 3,23) and (e) Potency to be an entrepreneur 0,96 (from 2,3 to 3,26).