English: I am a native speaker of American English.
I studied Journalism and can write and proof-read quite well.

German: Fluent in speaking, listening, writing and reading.
I have a B.A. in German from the University of Iowa. I studied for a year at the University of Stuttgart and lived for a year in Nuremberg in high school. In addition, my wife, who is French, and I speak German to eachother when we speak. (It's a long story.) Germans know that I am not German when I speak to them, but they usually think that I am Danish or Dutch, not American, which I take as a compliment to my German skills.

French: Fluent listening, functional speaking and reading, fair writing.
I had three years of French in high school with an excellent teacher, Ms. Duart, and a couple of conversation courses in college.
Not much, but then I have a French wife who's family speaks only French, although, as mentioned above, we speak German to each other. Still, now that we have two daughters and she speaks only French to them, my listening comprehension skills have increased greatly.

Hungarian: Passable listening and speaking, poor reading and writing.
I lived in Hungary for two years with the Peace Corps. For the first three months we had three hours of Hungarian language training every day. I lived with a Hungarian host family and made a very concentrated effort to learn as much Hungarian as possible. When I started my service, I continued to have weekly Hungarian lessons. Towards the end of my stay I was rated as advanced on the ETS/ACTFL rating. Unfortunately, as there are only about 15 million Hungarian speakers in the world, and most of them live in Eastern Europe, chances to practice one's Hungarian are very few and far between.

Spanish: I have had very little formal Spanish instruction, but working with Spanish speaking students for many years, plus knowing French, left me with an ability to understand a few basic things. For my advanced clinical experience I chose to go to Adams Spanish Immersion School, partly to see what it is like for English language learning students, and partly to improve my Spanish. I got some beginning conversation tapes from the library and listened to them every day in my truck. In the class, I learned a lot from Mrs. Caspar, just by watching her teach the students. I still can't truly say that I speak Spanish, but I do understand a little and can say a few basic sentences, which is better than nothing.