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Orsolya
Gyarmati

IB PYP Educator · Language Acquisition Specialist · Curriculum Designer
In Chongqing since 2011 · 12+ years teaching · Trilingual · Chinese Permanent Resident

I arrived in Chongqing in 2011 as an overseas student learning Chinese — I never imagined I'd still be here more than a decade later, teaching English to young learners. Discovering the IB approach felt like opening a door to a world I'd been looking for without knowing it. Today I see English not just as a subject, but as a bridge to the world — for my students, and for myself.

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Orsolya Gyarmati, IB educator in Chongqing
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At a Glance

12+
Years of Teaching Experience
2
International Schools in ChinaBI Zandem · Chongqing Weiming
PYP & MYP
PYP & MYP Candidate-School Experience
2
Postgraduate Degrees (M.Ed. + MA)
Multilingual
English · Hungarian · Mandarin
2026
Award
Teaching DesignZandem Academy

Featured Highlights

Students exploring personality types together on the whiteboard

Inquiry-Based Learning

Designing meaningful inquiry that builds conceptual understanding and develops lifelong learners across Grades 1–8.

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Grade 7 students working on the London Booking a Hotel Online Challenge

Curriculum Design

Creating IB-aligned units of inquiry, lesson sequences, and assessments for PYP and MYP across primary and middle school.

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Students performing Who We Are in Chongqing on stage

Student Engagement

Directing two annual student-led performances and showcases that celebrate language growth and international mindedness.

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Teacher using an AI-powered English practice activity on the interactive whiteboard

AI in Education

Exploring how AI tools can support language teaching and differentiated learning — and what a teacher is still for.

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Students writing their English learning ideas on the blackboard

Language Acquisition

Supporting multilingual learners to build English skills across Grades 1–8, with a trilingual perspective on what language learning actually feels like.

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Photo note: Some classroom photos on this site are real. I only use images where my students cannot be identified — hands, work, or students from behind, and where a face was visible, I covered it. The other classroom images are AI-generated illustrations. I never publish students' faces.

Recent Work

Grade 7 MYP Booking a Hotel Online

An interdisciplinary unit integrating language acquisition, real-world research, and cross-cultural communication.

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Grade 2 PYP Storytelling Provocation

Exploring identity, culture, and memory through storytelling across transdisciplinary themes.

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Bilingual Formative Assessment System

Achievement-band comment banks for Grades 2–8, bridging IB standards and Chinese national curriculum requirements.

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