Actually, a lot of bandurists speak English pretty well. This is because the Ukrainian Bandura Orchestra, who are now the main bearers of the bandura tradition, are based in Detroit, Michigan. Every year, they hold the Kobzarska Sich Bandura Camp in Pennsylvania, where you can learn to play.
The camp runs from August 6-20 this year.

The UBO originated in Ukraine, but the members emigrated to the US after WWII. One of the more interesting things about the US and Canada is that a lot of musical traditions continued here long after they disappeared in the countries of origin.Ukrainian musical traditions are a good example. The great Ukrainian fiddler Pawlo Humeniuk did most of his recording work in the US, and V Records was a label from Manitoba that made sold tens of thousands of Ukrainian music recordings in the 1960s. An odd footnote-Neil Young's first record was released on V Records.

Though the UBO is an orchestra, the traditional bandurists were balladeers who travelled and performed topical and traditional songs. Many, perhaps most of them were gathered up and executed by Josef Stalin during the Holodomor--the Famine/Genocide of 1932-33, where between 3-7 million Ukrainians were killed.