i get that. personally i learn best when im i kinda forced too lol. but i get wanting to not be that foreigner who shows up unprepared. bad first impression. im learning spanish myself. mostly to speak to the inlaws, but also if I wanna get the hell out of here. it was really easy when i lived with my partners family, but now ive regressed.

If you’re interested in teaching abroad after you graduate I highly recommend getting a TEFL certification, it will help you tremendously with jobs abroad. Most universities will hand them out through a department like English/Ed/Linguistics, I’d look into that if I were you.