I learned programming before I knew anything about English and I don't remember it being a problem. Even before that I was using commands like "LOAD" without knowing what do they mean. It was just a keyword to use when I needed to load something from a cassette. The same with "IF", "PRINT" and all the other English keywords I encountered while learning programming. I was learning using local books, but the fact that programming language used English keywords did not bother me at all.