Table 1.

Keyword search in WoS

Step	Keyword search	# Articles
1	(("international student*" OR "foreign student*" OR "overseas student*" OR “study* abroad” OR “international education”) AND (("language*" OR "communicat*") AND ("adapt*" OR "adjust*" OR "integrat*" OR “acculturat*”))) Refined by: LANGUAGES: (ENGLISH) AND DOCUMENT TYPES: (ARTICLE)	520
2	((("international student*" OR "foreign student*" OR "overseas student*" OR "study* abroad" OR "international education") AND ("language*" OR "communicat*") AND ("adapt*" OR "adjust*" OR "integrat*" OR "acculturat*" OR "identity" OR "satisf*"))) Refined by: LANGUAGES: (ENGLISH) AND DOCUMENT TYPES: (ARTICLE)	901
3	(((("international student*" OR "foreign student*" OR "overseas student*" OR "study* abroad" OR "international education") AND ("language*" OR "communicat*") AND ("adapt*" OR "adjust*" OR "integrat*" OR "acculturat*" OR "identit*" OR "satisf*" OR "cultur* shock")))) Refined by: LANGUAGES: (ENGLISH) AND DOCUMENT TYPES: (ARTICLE)	921
4	The initial analysis of 921 articles resulted in removing studies other than research articles, those that focused on the experiences of students outside the host country or the experiences of other stakeholders, used the terms “adaptation”, “adjustment”, “integration”, or “identity” in senses other than those related to adaptation theory, and did not focus on language and communication as independent variables in their adaptation models	313