Abstract
This study looks at researches carried out by Hunt [Hunt, K.W. (1970) Monograph of the Society for Research in Child Development, serial No. 134, Vol. 35: 1. University of Chicago Press], which aimed at finding ways of measuring the growth in syntactic proficiency of American schoolchildren. It then explores the possibilities of applying the measures he arrives at (T-units) to groups of EL2 and EL1 speakers in the UK. The merits and shortcomings of his methodology are presented, and from this a description is made of various ways the results of Hunt's research could be developed, both for testing and teaching.
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