The aim of while-reading stage (or interactive process) is to develop students’ ability in tackling texts by developing their linguistic and schematic knowledge. Hedge (2003) argues that although some oppose the interactive activities carried during the while-reading phase, there are only few research studies that show the “effects of intervention and their outcomes”. Moreover, “many students report positively on the usefulness of while-reading activities.” (ibid, p. 210) On the contrary, Paran (1996) believes that modern interactive reading models enable SL readers to be “less reliant on top-down processing” and enable them to achieve “greater reliance on bottom-up strategies as they become more proficient” (p. 29). It seems that teachers can use a balanced approach to teaching reading by incorporating both top-down and bottom-up processes, provided they are given flexibility in choosing the reading tasks.