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HTML

<select id="first-choice">
   <option value="English">English</option>
   <option value="Spanish">Spanish</option>
</select>

<select id="second-choice">
   <option value="Spanish">Spanish</option>
   <option value="English">English</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$("#first-choice").change(function() {
    var userSelected = $(this).val()
    alert(userSelected);
});