Culture is one of 7 concepts that underpin teaching and learning in the English A: Language and Literature Course. Linking to the 3 areas of exploration, these 7 concepts enable students to make connections between works and texts as they transition across their course of study.

Culture is a notoriously complex concept. Its meaning is contested and has been used to mean different things at different times and in different places. In the English A: Language and Literature course culture may refer to contexts of production and reception, and to the interplay of values and beliefs that exist in and may influence how texts are written and received. Notions of genre and intertextuality are also relevant to the concept of culture; individual texts can be said to exist within traditions, and it is interesting to explore how one text intertextually relates to (and may deviate from) texts which predate it.