There’s something uniquely stressful about the MFL speaking exam. Even confident pupils suddenly shrink. Even experienced teachers feel that familiar knot in the stomach as the exam window approaches. Writing it, I can feel that old speaking‑exam tension flicker back—just a tiny tightening in the shoulders, like my body’s gone, “Oh, we’re talking about this again?” It’s funny how an exam we’re not even sitting anymore still manages to linger somewhere in the system. But nami