Firstly, the main point examined was the rate of improvement in control and experimental groups in short-term and long-term tests as regards their application of all the direct strategies together, seven cases. The findings indicated that the experimental group outscored its parallel control group both in short-term and in long-term retention tests. This meant that teaching through direct strategies was an effective and better way of learning and remembering the vocabulary items. The underlying rationale of learning seems to be that understanding is remembering, while this is a fallacy. The purpose of education is to remember what is learnt. Finding ways that can help students retain what they have already learnt is of crucial importance in any educational setting.