Hello Moderator, I was working at the opening of Rumah Bahasa in Lotte Kelapa Gading; I was in fact their first teacher (my photo is actually on your article and I would love to see this relic gone forever), the whole thing was wrong from the start and it was Frendy’s fault. He told all…
Iya..cuma ganti nama, tapi sebenernya RB dan LaB sama. Anak saya sudah kurang lebih 7 bulan les disini. Waktu itu saya membayar 3,5jt untuk 7 bulan (1 anak dan boleh pilih bahasa apa saja, sebanyak2nya sesuai jadwal). Jumlah itu sudah didiskon ini itu, yang memang sebelumnya mereka kasih harga belasan juta. Mungkin karena tertarik diskon…
One of the hallmarks of the Rumah Bahasa scandal was the issue of ”uang muka”, an Indonesian phrase which translates loosely as ”an up-front payment”. One of our main informants, a woman called Dita, has stressed that most of the victims of Frendy Horas, the owner of the now-bankrupt, language-school chain, were conned into paying…
Barusan saya dari plaza bintaro di tawarin kursus Language and beyond dengan biaya 18jt + admin ini itu sekitar 7 juta rupiah. Tapi berhubung mereka sedang promo maka dikasih discount gede jadi cukup bayar 12 jt saja selama 1tahun. Apakah ini sama dengan Rumah Bahasa ya? Karna alamatnya sama di Lotte Mart juga ya? This comment…
For the past 18 months, we have been reporting intermittently about a rogue language school called Rumah Bahasa, the so-called ‘House of Languages’, which exemplifies all the sins of the Indonesian TEFL industry in one horrid package. The story began in 2013 when one whistle-blower teacher came forward and said on Dave’s ESL Cafe that…
Today we have heard from a Rumah Bahasa victim (calling herself Hollie) that the Rumah Bahasa branch at Sunter Mall has now closed. Former customers are now being directed to the Rumah Bahasa branch at TBI Kelapa Gading, often known as Rumah Bahasa Lotte Mart. This appears to be the last Rumah Bahasa standing, and…
Over the past few weeks there have been occasional news reports about a clash between Indomaret (a local chain of mini-mart) and the administration of Banyumas, a regency in Central Java. While the fate of 19 condemned Indomaret stores in Banyumas might not appear to be of great interest in and of itself, the case…
In 2013 we broke the story of a scandalous new school chain in Jakarta: Rumah Bahasa, The House of Language. We had received a tip off about lies and scams at Rumah Bahasa from a teacher who had gone for an interview and then an information session. He had painted a portrait of utter dysfunction:…
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