This article explores effective methods for developing the skills of teaching entrepreneurship-related vocabulary through upper secondary mother tongue classes. The study emphasizes the role of lexical instruction in fostering students’ entrepreneurial awareness, economic thinking, and communicative competence. By analyzing the content of mother tongue textbooks and classroom practices, the research highlights how entrepreneurship-related words and expressions can be integrated into language lessons through contextual, communicative, and competency-based approaches. The article also discusses the pedagogical value of vocabulary-focused tasks in enhancing learners’ ability to understand and apply entrepreneurial concepts in real-life situations. The findings suggest that systematic and purposeful teaching of entrepreneurship-related vocabulary contributes to the development of both linguistic and entrepreneurial competencies among upper secondary school students.

entrepreneurship-related vocabulary, mother tongue classes, upper secondary education, lexical competence, competency-based approach.

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