Websites for Advanced ESOL Students with College Aspirations

1. www.amazon.com 
One of the best websites for doing online shopping, including books. 

2. www.alibris.com 
My favorite website for buying new and used books.

3. http://www.fafsa.ed.gov 
The website through which you should apply for student financial aid.

4. http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/
Free online Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

5. http://5yiso.appspot.com/ 
If you are not sure how to use a certain word, this free online dictionary of collocations will help you.

6. http://www.forvo.com/ 
A wonderful website for checking pronunciation of unfamiliar or difficult words

7. http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/
Corpus of American English. Here you will find thousands of words used in authentic contexts. This free source will help you both learn new words and find out how native-speakers use them. All you need is to register. Registration is free!

8. http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/AWL/index.htm 
A great source of academic vocabulary and practice tests (click on "Sublist 1/2/3...").