Cultural factors should be taken into consideration in a bilingual education program. The cultural background of the students learning English as a second language should not be regarded as inferior. A realistic analysis of a student's language capability must be made so that his language-learning problems can be recognized and solved as much as possible. The student must be able to cope with the English used in the classroom, and teaching materials must be developed to handle these problems. Instruments of measurement must be used to determine the linguistic capability of the student. (VM)