What is the woman doing when the man interrupts her?

M: Say, Rason, what are you watching?
W: An old Japanese film. I wonder if I’m going to spend all my next year there, I’d better start familiarizing myself with the culture.
M: You mean you are accepted into the program?
W: Yes.
M: That’s wonderful. You must be excited.
W: Excited and nervous. You know I owe a lot to Professor Mercheno. He wrote a letter of recommendation for me and he bought me a set of practice tapes and a book which goes with them. Just so I can work on my basic conversation skills.
M: How much Japanese can you understand?
W: Not a lot at present. But I signed up for intensive Japanese this semester.
M: I wish I were talented as you are in foreign languages. I’d like to study abroad.
W: Then why don’t you? The university has lots of overseas programs that don’t require mastery of a foreign language. The tuition is about the same. You just have to be the kind of person who is receptive to new ways of looking at things and willing to a different kind of life style.
M: I had assumed that all programs require you to know a foreign language. I might check into this.
W: You won’t regret it.