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==Major approaches==
There have been many different approaches to manually coding spoken languages. Some consist of [[fingerspelling]] everything, a technique sometimes known in English as the "Rochester method" after Rochester School for the Deaf in [[New York]] where it was used from [[1878]] until the [[1940s]]. While most MCLs are slower than spoken or sign languages, this method is especially so, and in modern times is generally considered not to be accessible to children. However, some [[deafblind]] people still communicate primarily using this method. Most methods can accommodate [[Simultaneous Communication]] — that is, signing and apeaking at the same time — although the natural pace of speech may need to be slowed down at times.
A unique system that was widespread in British deaf education from the [[1960s]] to the [[1980s]] is the [[Paget Gorman Sign System]]. Developed in Britain 1930s, it uses 37 basic signs and 21 standard hand postures to represent a large vocabulary of English words, word endings and verb tenses.
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