Objectives The ability of communicate accurately and effectively in the most common English language activities they may be involved in. syllabus A task-based language syllabus places task at the center of the curriculum development process. It specifies the tasks that should be carried out by learners within a program.Definations of task Long (1985) defined a task as a piece of work undertaken for oneself or for others, freely or for some reward . . . By task is meant the hundred and one things