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…
In this part we focus on the ugliest of all the new kids on the block, our old nemesis, Rumah Bahasa. This hideous brainchild of sociopathic con-man Frendy Horas was surely the nastiest excuse for a language school to have appeared in Indonesia in the past decade. Nothing more than a elaborate con, Rumah Bahasa…
Since 2013 there have been a number of high-profile newcomers to the TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) scene in Indonesia. Many of these have attracted large bodies of students, showing that there is ever more money to be made from offering English courses to Indonesia’s young population. We will focus on four language…
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…
We have received information that the final branch of Rumah Bahasa- the one at Lottemart Kelapa Gading– has now been sealed. Yes, that’s right, sealed. We have been warning people about this treacherous business for a long time, so no one should be taken completely surprised. Furthermore, all four of their other branches had closed…
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:…
The busiest period ever for traffic to this blog was in the 1st quarter of 2014, and it had very little to do with TBI. Though this blog might be named after The British Institute, the story that generated the most interest was actually Rumah Bahasa. During the early months of 2014, it was not unusual to…
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