Mitral valve regurgitation means that one of the valves in your heart-the mitral valve-is letting blood leak backward into the heart. Heart valves work like one-way gates, helping blood flow in one direction between heart chambers or in and out of the heart. The mitral valve is on the left side of your heart.
acculturation. [Ékulâ²chÉrÄâ²shÉn]. 1 the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of a different population group. 2 the modification of culture of a group resulting from association with another group.
Acculturation Theory is a second language acquisition theory by John Schumann. Interestingly, Schumannâs theory is not based on the mental processes necessary to acquire a language, nor the nature of language itself.The Acculturation Theory focuses in socio-cultural factors in language teaching and learning.n brief, the Acculturation Theory posits that, in learning a second or a target language, certain social factors come into play that either inhibit or aid in the acquisition of that target language.