A study of EFL teachers’ and students’ attitude toward prescriptive and descriptive English grammar teaching and learning

English grammar is an important part of English language learning since it is required for learners to study and understand how the language works. While most classrooms are still using prescriptive grammar, descriptive grammar has been gaining more attention recently due to the change in language learning trends. However, there were no studies on Thai teachers and students’ attitudes toward different English grammar teaching and learning. If we can understand the attitude, we can design the proper grammar classroom methodology. This study then was conducted to investigate the attitudes of teachers and students toward prescriptive and descriptive English grammar teaching and learning by using the questionnaire and interviewing. The result shows that both teachers and students were aware of the change in language, and they were in support for descriptive grammar. The suggestions for future studies were then provided.