EXPLORATION LOCAL CULTURE A CONSERVATION CULTURE THROUGH PROJECT-BASED LEARNING TO INCREASE WRITING ABILITY JAPANESE THE SECONDARY LEVEL

Japanese language writing skills start from semester 1, namely writing hiragana, katakana, and kanji. The difficulties of students in writing are lack of knowledge gained, lack of mastery of sentence patterns and vocabulary. The results of technological advancements such as the easiness access to the internet make most students get information about foreign cultures. Based on observations, students' knowledge about local culture is still lacking, so it becomes an obstacle in writing.The other problem is the ability to compose sentences into paragraphs, discourse, or even become a systematic essay. Lack of knowledge in the local culture in Central Java also becomes another problem. This phenomenon is experienced by 4th-semester students in sakubun chukyu zenhan courses. Therefore, researchers need to explore the ability to write in the form of project learning as an effort to conserve culture through a project-based learning model.In the learning process of sakubun chukyu zenhan, the teacher gives a theme of local culture in writing essays in Japanese. It is done to realize cultural conservation in which Japanese (Japanese tourists) will easily find out about the local culture in Central Java.