Direct English extends its roots back to founding Longman Press in 1724, where Longman is considered one of Pearson's.

Now Direct English is a division of Linguaphone Company, which is deep-rooted in the scope of teaching English and has one hundred years of age.

Linguaphone educational products are used in more than 90 countries around the world. In 1999 Al-Khaleej Company for Teaching and Training established Direct English Institutes for teaching English in the Kingdom, based on the local market's need at the Saudi working manpower circles, males and females, where they need to speak English while serving at the various economical sectors.

Now, Direct English centers amount to 40 centers for males and the same number for females kingdom-wide in :

Direct English Centers are in:

Our system for learning English is simple. We do it by talking and listening to you. It works because we do the one thing language schools don’t: we get to know you. We find out about your ambitions, experiences and abilities. We get to know your business and social lifestyle. We create a course that is individually tailored to you. One that makes you believe in yourself...