“Founded in 1976- Celebrating more than 38 years of excellence in teaching the Spanish language with a solid social conscience serving various highland communities in Guatemala.” E-learning Español, Ingles y Quiché. 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 foryour life in Spanish. Therefore you will learn quickly and will become familiar with slang and local expressions.