The Indonesian TEFL Scene: The Ugly New Kids on the Block (Part 3) Riswanda and Company

As time goes on, more information is coming to light about the links between these various new language schools that have mushroomed across Jakarta over the past 18 months, and are now spreading to Sumatra and Sulawesi. As we suspected, the similarities between these new schools are so close (especially in terms of marketing and…

International Language Center: Masalah Dapat Refund

Semula saya berpikir hanya kami yang mengalami masalah ‘refund yang digantung’ macam ini, ternyatatrack record lembaga bahasa yang satu ini untuk urusan ‘ketidak jelasan’ management, pelayanan dan janji-janji memang sudah sangat populer. Bermula dari ketertarikan kami dengan men-submit nama anak kami di ILC Lippo Karawaci untuk bergabung dalam lembaga bahasa yang saat kami ditawarkan dan…

Spalsh International: Tidak Ada Manajer Yang Bisa Bicara Bahasa Inggris!

Splash International Sekolah Multibahasa ini adalah keturunan 100% dari international language center (ILC) yang dimiliki oleh Husein Lee, namun beberapa karyawan yang memberontak mendirikan Splash International , yang berlokasi di geduk ruko Jl. Margonda Raya , persis di sebelah BRI Syariah. Pendirian sekolah ini dimulai dari terkumpulnya dana bersama oleh : Jupiter Saragih , Annisa…

Kenal Penipu Penipu Kursus Bahasa di Jakarta

Extra Information About Global Language Center Fenty Teekla Firdaus Sugama sebelumnya pernah bekerja di Celebrity Fitness EX sejak jaman Celebrity Fitness buka tahun 2004, Katanya Fenty Teekla Firdaus Sugama itu adalah mantan distrik manager Celebrity Fitness. Coba mungkin ditelusuri dia dari Celebrity Fitness. Katanya Fenty itu adalah ponakan dari mantan menteri perhubungan EE Mangindaan ,…

Anyone for World Language Academy, Makassar?

We have received notice of another scam school which has opened its doors. The modus operandi is exactly the same as Rumah Bahasa and Language and Beyond, the schools associated with Jakarta con artist, Frendy Horas. The new school, this one located in Makassar, the largest city on the island of Sulawesi, is also located…

The Indonesian TEFL Scene- The Ugly New Kids on the Block (Part 2 of 4: Rumah Bahasa)

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…

TBI Now Takes Months to Get Work Visas for Teachers (May 2015)

Well, even for jaded, cynical TBI observers such as ourselves, we are surprised by just how low their fortunes have sunk. In recent weeks they have started once again advertising or teachers on online jobs websites, notably Dave’s ESL Cafe. There are now two successive teachers who have come onto the discussion forum and revealed…