Memorizing a few foreign language keywords is certainly the smallest challenge here. You will have to do so anyway, no matter if in a foreign or your native language. It is incredible to me that anyone could seriously suggest this would make any kind of difference.
I started coding when I was a kid of 12 and certainly not (yet) good at English. If anything, my computer hobby helped me pick up more English just by the way, than I would have without it at that age.