Thread: Basa Bali tutor & fees

Hi all,
I was wondering, does anyone have any idea how much I should pay a Balinese language tutor per hour?
And if anyone has any recommendations that would be greatly appreciated.
(preferably around Denpasar, or Sanur, or Singapadu...)

Thanks!

Originally Posted by pyragelos

Hi all,
I was wondering, does anyone have any idea how much I should pay a Balinese language tutor per hour?
And if anyone has any recommendations that would be greatly appreciated.
(preferably around Denpasar, or Sanur, or Singapadu...)

Thanks!

Just out of curiosity - why do you want to learn balinese?

Hello, thanks for the replies.
soontobeexpat: I am a research student interested in theatre commentary, so I need to be able to understand as much of the dialogue in balinese performance as possible and also Balinese discussing among themselves. There are also nuances that cannot be expressed in Indonesian.

spicyayam: This sounds like a very good price. Is your teacher a trained tutor? I asked around yesterday and this is what I found out: The faculty of Letters at Udayana charges $20 (about Rp 170.000) for 100 minutes and a friend of a friend who works at the University asked for 200-250k for 1.5 hour. So 50.000/hour is a bargain. Where is your teacher based and would you be willing to share?

Originally Posted by spicyayam

My teacher is in Lovina which could be a bit far to travel. I think she has a Masters in language education. She might know of someone in Denpasar. I will ask for you.

That would be great, thank you so much!

Our tutor charges RPH 250,000 for 90 minutes and RPH 300,000 for 120 minutes. This takes into account his travel time which is about 1 hour each way. These lessons are for 2 persons, my wife and I.