The Instituto Central America (I.C.A.), founded in 1976, is the first Spanish school in Quetzaltenango to be fully accredited by the Guatemalan Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) and the Guatemalan Tourist Institute (INGUAT). We offer a personalized learning program with one-on-one instruction to students of all levels. Every teacher at I.C.A. offers years of experience and training, a private classroom for each student-teacher pair and the use of our very own textbook, researched and written by teachers at I.C.A.
Our instructors are professionals with extensive knowledge of grammar and experience with teaching methods, techniques, and activities to apply what you learn in the classroom to the real world. In addition, all of our teachers have received the “Diploma for Teachers Specialized to Teach Spanish as a Second Language” given and evaluated by San Carlos University, the Ministry of Education, and the Tourist Institute of Guatemala.
I.C.A. is one of the few schools in Xela with permanent teachers who have a contract to teach exclusively in I.C.A. and do not teach in other schools as seasonal teachers. I.C.A. provides customized Spanish study, offers classes in Quiché and home stays in a Mayan-Quiche community.
