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…
sy juga korban dari RB cinere, saya sempat berkomunikasi melalui email yang alamat emailnya diberitahu oleh Frendy Horas. untuk kelanjutan proses Refund RB Cinere katanya. seperti berikut ini refund.rumahbahasa@gmail.com 23 April 2015 Dear : Darwin Thank you for your refund inquiry , we will process your document follow with our procedure and the counting from…
There isn’t much to cheer about for the former customers of Global Language Centre, a language school in Jakarta which has suddenly shut its doors. An incredible 3900 students of this defunct business are now out of pocket, stunned by the news that not only has the school closed forever, but its former managers have…
The news from Rumah Bahasa and its evil con-man owner just keeps on getting worse. In fact, Frendy Horas, the 24 year old professional con-man who owns the school, has just pulled off his biggest ever hit- and-run operation. Frendy Horas’s has just closed his new school at Cinere Mall just 2 months after it…
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…
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:…
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